Today was our first full day at Chutes Provincial
Park and after breakfast were are going to go hiking on the trails.
We started at the beginning of the trail at the observation deck by Big Chute Falls.
I of course, took many photographs of the water coming over the falls but I will find a place where I can get pictures of the entire falls from a distance.
From there we walked along the trail beside the River aux Sables and at a section of the trail by the rapids one of the soles of my hiking boot came off. Fortunately, we were not far from our campsite.
Ron told me to stay and take my pictures and he would go back to the campsite and get a pair of my running shoes and return.
While I was waiting, I thought what are the odds of me loosing another sole off another pair of fairly new shoes? Two days ago, while Ron was tying down the canoe after fishing at the inlet at White Lake, I walked up the gravel road taking photographs and realized that I had lost the sole off of my loafer.
When Ron returned, he not only brought in my running shoes, he brought along a roll of duct tape and asked if I wanted him to patch up my hiking boot. I thought why not? Especially, since there was less than 30 miles (48km) of wear on them.
We continued following the trail, past the Seven Sister Rapids and stopped at the observation area before we crossed both of the Twin Bridges and started back down the River Aux Sables on the opposite side of the river.
We managed to make it as far as just past the last of the Seven Sisters Rapids, to the next observation area when the other sole came off my pair of hiking boots. I had enough of this nonsense and took both boots off, put my running shoes on and at this point we turned around to go back to the campsite.
I placed my hiking boots where they belonged, in one of the trash containers for garbage since they did not even survive our two mile (3.2km) hike.
After lunch we decided that we would go back out on the trail again to go through the forest and see what kinds of birds and wildlife we could find. We also brought along my last pair of running shoes and the duct tape, just in case.
We went back up the River Aux Sables, across the Twin Bridges and this time took the trail to the left away from the river.
When we came to the fork in the trail we decided to continue going away from the river.
At the next fork in the road we went toward the river which took us to a beach and the rapids above Big Chute Falls.
We retraced our steps and continued on our path going back up the river and we again bypassed the trail leading back into the forest.
We continued along the river, back over the Twin Bridges and back to our campsite completing our afternoon walk of 3.2 miles (5.2km).
After supper we relaxed with a cup of tea or coffee and enjoyed the peace and quiet of the campgrounds.
Tomorrow, there is one more small trail that we will take in the morning before we head back home.
