For the record this day trip was quite the adventure. It was a beautiful day, sunny but cool with a breeze. We decided to check out Cape Chin North and the Flower Pot Formations at Devil's Monument. We took the country back roads and parked our car. Then it was a hike through the Bruce Trail Forest (well-marked) down to the observation point to see the outcrop of rocks. No problem except the trail continued down a metal staircase that ended on the top part of boulders that were part of the cliff and a carved out escarpment of the flowerpot formation. The children saw that others were climbing down and that the views were spectacular including waterfalls and the carved out rocks etc.
George and the dogs were too big and it was a treacherous descent. There was no way that the dogs could have made it down. The kids saw that a family with small children were climbing back up and that the view was to die for.
Off went the kids so I left George behind as I took my chances and slowly made the descent down through the escarpment.
We made it down to the Bay and the views were amazing. Well worth the scary climb down. Going up was a lot easier and we made short work of it.
The second part of our day was to drive out to the Halfway Log Dump along Highway 6 south of Tobermory. It was along Emmett Lake Road and again we had to hike through quite a forest along the Bruce Trail that made the kids a bit uneasy. I can honestly admit that having the dogs with us made us feel better. Our oldest daughter found it a bit scary and decided she was going to walk Uly back through the forest. I think he knew she was scared and he was so good and walked nicely beside her just smiling. We got a bit lost and ended up on the wrong trail but a very nice lady and her son that were hiking with a young Shiloh Shepherd pointed us in the right direction and we found the pathway down to the stone grottoes and beach.
This was one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. The waters were turquoise and warm. Shallow rock shelves that both Uly and the kids enjoyed for a few hours.
Janey wasn't too sure about these rock ledges. She was going to stay close to us. Uly and Teagan tried to convince her that the water was shallow and warm but she stayed rooted to her rock. It was hard getting the kids to leave from this oasis but it was a loooong hike back through a late afternoon forest and no one wanted to be there because the mosquitoes were coming out in full force and it was almost dusk.
Phew we made it back to the cottage in time for a bbq and a marshmallow roast. The dogs were exhausted from those hikes and slept from about 8:30 p.m. until the next morning.
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