KEJI WALK

We went for a drive in the country - a back roads drive from Smith's Cove to Kejimikujik National Park. We are fortunate to have this lovely, and very accessible park with a wide variety of available activities so close to us. It takes almost an hour to get there from our home.

Kejikmijukik has wonderful waking trails, and dogs, on leashes are permitted. That is one reason why we like going there. It gives us, and our dogs, another place to walk.

 This short path led to a wooden walkway through a swampy area.  The other path we took, a gravel path,  meandered beside the river.

The view from a viewing platform...just okay at this time of year, but there are times when it is lively with water birds. Still, we were content to just gaze at the landscape for quite awhile.

 

Fiddleheads...doubt these are the eating kind, but lovely to see them, because they are such an iconic sign of spring.        The edible version is available in our supermarkets, for a hefty price per kilo. We love them, so we pay the price. They are only available for a couple or three weeks a year, so it is an annual treat.


I think trolls live here. If it was Scandinavia, I'd know they live here...there is a flowing stream and a hidden hole for getting to their house below.

An unusual garden arch along the path gave me a moment of amusement. This is one of those God-created items that would be impossible to make, with the same aspect, by human hand.

The path is right beside the Mersey River, which alternates small rapids with flat calm sections.

Us, posing beside the Mersey River.

Pretty flower stems, probably iris, were a pleasant array in a boggy spot.

A mushroom, looking suspiciously like a bun. Perhaps that is how persons determined that these are edible, but can't imagine eating this one. Somehow, it looks too toxic, poised as it was, on top of some rather scraggly looking moss and twigs.

The trees stand like tall soldiers all along the path, reaching high up into the sky, and protecting us from the edge beside the river. Doubtless they also help keep the bank secure as well.

 
I love the way the bark peels off the paper birch trees. This bark could be used for a traditional canoe.

 
 

After a pause on a bench beside the almost wild water, it was time to go home.