This morning, we decided to revisit Kejimkujik National Park. Part of the ritual is to stop at Bees Knees in Lawrencetown to pick up a few baked snacks. The drive takes about 1 1/4 hours. Part of the trip is to listen to CBC radio on a Saturday morning, on the drive down Highway #8 from Annapolis Royal.
The park was open; no-one at the entrance kiosk. No entrance fees.
Our favourite walk is to Peter Point, through red oak and white pine woods. The trail is about three kilometers to Kejimkujik Lake. The parking is at the end of the Eel Weir road. We encountered only one other couple on the trail. The hike is well marked. The trail was covered with dried oak leaves, lichens and moss.
Our memories started early in the day. Through Facebook, I received a photograph of Patrick (eldest son) with the caption ‘Windbound on the Coppermine. August 2005. Paddling on the Big Sky Expedition. Hinton,AB to Kugluktuk,NU; 100 days on the water’.
Walking the Peter Point trail we remembered Peter Hope, Sally O’Grady, Cliff Drysdale, Rick Swain, Jonathan Sheppard, Amanda Lavers, Tom Herman and others.
Driving along Highway #8, we were struck by the number of larch. In mid- November, after a long dry Summer, the tamarack retain their colour in the Autumn light.
We left home around 10 am. We were back in Middleton by 2:30 pm.
Of course, en route, we remembered our time in other National Parks : Haida Gwaii, Banff, Jasper, Churchill, Gros Morne, Terra Nova and Iqaluit. Will the landscape values continue, with the federal government cutbacks ?
Ernest Blair Experiment 