Up at 7:15 as has become a normal time while we are camping. Saturday morning we have to get up at 5:30 as Maureen goes to work. We got off to go hiking at nine this morning and made the long drive to the head of the Gray Owl Trail. Along the drive to the trail head, we saw a mature female elk, but she was too skittish for me to get a photo. It was overcast when we set off with the plan to make it to the halfway point, ten kilometres and then turn around for a total hike of 20 km. We ended up walking just over 22 kilometres when all was said and done.
It wasn’t long into the hike when Maureen spotted an eagle in a tree. Luckily, he stayed there long enough for me to get a decent photo. The direction of filtered sunlight made it near impossible to get a better shot. Still, I am satisfied with what I got. We got a few other photos along the way that added to our collection, but it was when the hike was finally done that I got the photo of the day, another five-pointer elk.
We walked the second half a fair bit faster than the first half taking at least three quarters of an hour less. The last fifteen minutes were walked with a light rain beginning to fall. We were lucky that we were able to walk without rain jackets and pack covers for the day making for a more enjoyable hike in my opinion.