Finished up our little section of trail (other than Bell to Silver Peak with a gap in the middle which we've saved for tomorrow). Got REALLY close to a loon family just near the Clearsilver portage this morning. Snapped what should turn out to be some great shots. I took enough and we were close enough that at least one has got to be a winner, literally: I've been thinking about which pictures could win the Friends of Killarney Park Photo Contest (or contests beyond).
Water levels are way down in Clearsilver. Finally saw the moose carcass that the Outfitters have been talking about for so long. It's above water and all that's left is the hips and backbone.
Meeting up to our hiking turnaround point from the other day took signifigantly longer than I thought it would, added to that was the sizeable amount of brushing that was waiting to be done. And I'll never cast disparaging remarks about Silver L. ever again. It's gorgeous enough to rival Topaz L. Can't compete with Topaz's colour though.
Animal sighting on the way back made it an extra incredible A1 day. For only the second time in my life I saw a Pine Marten. I was coming down the gully towards Silver L., my coworker had stopped for a break a while back so I was all by myself and everything was really quiet so that I was able to hear it before I saw it. Right down near the bottom of a tree that stood maybe only 20 feet away. Got a really good look at it and decent shot too. After that it went further up the tree while I sat down and just had a relax in its presence and savoured the experience. We were definetely each just as curious about the other. Didn't get to see it slaughtering a red squirrel though.
Made Meal-in-a-Mug tonight, definite winner. Silver Peak tomorrow night!!
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