CAPE SPLIT!! I have been living in this province for four years, and somehow never made it out to the best cape ever. I am in love with this place. We drove out, and as we were getting organized, we saw a text from our friend which said she was thinking about going. We told her we were already there and that she should head on over! It's too bad we didn't plan that, since it is quite the drive, but alas. Alex and I hiked out to the point, which didn't take too long. It's a nice, open trail and there is really only one small hill. After reaching the point and spending a considerable-but-still-too-short amount of time looking at everything, we headed back a ways to hit up the trail down to the beach, and walk back to the point, this time from below! The boulders were such a pain to walk on, and my ankles and calves are definitely feeling that now, but it was so much fun. The view from down there is quite different, and I got to check out all the rocks! We were fortunate that the tides lined up well with when we wanted to be down there. (For those of you wondering, yes, we did check the tide charts before heading that way!) Alex climbed up one of the sea stacks, but my knee was a bit sore by that point and I just hung out and took pictures of all the beautiful things instead. The sun was also setting and the tide was coming in, so I wanted to head back. So, after his adventure to the guano covered sea stack, we headed back to the beach and back to the main trail to meet up with our friend, who was quickly approaching! We only had to wait for a couple minutes for her to arrive, which was very nice! We then walked the 10 min to our future campsite, and then started setting up and cooking. We had some fun with my star chart, and I learned a couple new constellations, which is exciting! We slept without the fly, which was really great. I love doing that, when the dew point cooperates anyhow. Boy, was this place ever gorgeous! Morning time came and we lazed around for a bit, baking in the sun. After a quick bite, we were on the trail again. It had been our plan to do another hike that day, but my knees were not happy about the rocky beach the day before, and Alex's feet weren't happy in his plan B boots (his regular ones are in the process of having the rand glued back on, for the fourth(?) time). As such, we decided to hit up a snack-shack and get poutine and ice cream. What a great decision! In lieu of the long hike and camp we'd planned, we spent night 11 out by Sambro (definitely now a go-to place!) It was beautiful, as always, and I couldn't see a thing because of all the fog. Now, back to work...
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