"Widgeon Slough and Widgeon Valley are accessible by boat. Canoes or kayaks can be launched from Grant Narrows at the south end of Pitt Lake, and paddled through Widgeon Slough. An old logging road leads hikers up the lower valley where a trail branches off for Widgeon Lake." BC Parks
As we started out we ran into a bald eagle, it was a good sized one. The eagle allowed us to paddle right up and underneath it. I think I need a better camera so I could have gotten a better picture. We paddled up to the campsite and pulled out our boat. From there we continued on foot.
We like to take the smaller trail off the logging road to the waterfall. Then we take the logging road back to the campsite when we are more tired. The trail is very bad this year, many of the bridges have come down and stairwells have been washed out. On parts of the trail it is best to leave the trail and avoid some of the more dangerous obstacles. One of the bridges started out horizontal on our side and by the far side it was vertical.
It was a little wet, the rain drizzled steadily as we hiked. At the waterfalls we had a hot lunch, we tried broccoli and cheese Side Kicks, they were horrible! Now you can never expect much from camp food but it was wet, we were hungry and we still didn't want to eat it. We choked it down and it was filling but I don't think I will purposefully buy them again.
As you can see I have a small camp stove, a pot and some tin cups from the dollar store. I wasn't a big fan of the cups at first but they are light, durable, and I have grown accustomed to their face. Also the ALICE Packs. I think these bags are great, the frame keeps the bag off most of your back and they are useful in our costal weather.
These are a couple pictures of stumps from old growth trees. This stump was huge, it is sad that so many are gone. This one reminded me of the Red Woods that we saw in Oregon and California.
It is nice though to see that the forest grows back continuously. In this stump you can see the marks from when they cut it down and four or five new trees growing on top of it. Hope for the future. This trip took us around about 6 hours including a break for lunch. A very nice day trip.
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