Murtle Lake - Day Two

Tuesday was a cloudy, cool day. We woke up early, had pancakes for breakfast, packed up, and were canoeing by 9:45. We got to our next campsite (the one we had planned to get to the first day) at around 11:00 - a shorter ride than we thought it would be. This campsite was our favorite of all of them. It was near the lake, and also had a nice stream running right beside it.

We set up camp, ate lunch, and then went hiking up Wavy Alpine Trail. In Martin's words (he keeps a daily journal on these kinds of trips), "This trail was a grind. Similar to Elk Mountain only longer." But we got some great views at the crest. You could go further up to the peak, but we didn't have time, so we headed back. We actually didn't stay up there long... just took some pictures and headed back - it was SOOO cold up there! It started raining a bit on our way down, but thankfully that didn't last long.

We had to canoe about 5 minutes between the campsite and the trailhead, so for the way back I decided that I wanted to learn how to steer the canoe. I'm not so good at that. The 5 minute canoe ride was a lot longer as I zig-zagged our way back. Martin laughed at me pretty much the whole time, but it was fun to try.

We had shepherd's pie for supper and a nice warm campfire... and the sky totally cleared during the evening. So nice!