Thanksgiving in Algonquin

For the Thanksgiving long weekend we took the Friday off and made it an extra long weekend.  For a number of years we have been going up to Algonquin Park to see the changing leaves and to hike.

This year the leaves were mostly down, but the hiking was still good.  Nina up-ed her game.

On the Friday we went to the Ragged Falls outside of Algonquin Park.  I was pretty short, but pretty none the less.  This picture is from that trail.  It was a beautiful day.

The next day was also beautiful and we went on this trail on the far side of the park.  I can't remember the name of it now, but it was quite long and arduous.  We took stops along the way to get "power-ups" and Nina fared marvelously.  In the afternoon we went on a canoe trip and circled around an island that we called Halloween Island.

Sunday was sort of rainy, but we went out anyway to the Track and Tower.  This was also a long and tricky trail.  All of us made it but it was a hard hike.

On Monday before we went back home, we did one more smaller trail - Hemlock Bluff.  It was longer than expected, but a pretty trail.  With these three hikes, Nina surely earned her badges.  Next year we may try the Centennial Trail.  I took a number of nice pictures this year and I think I will start a separate blog for the Algonquin trips.  Stay tuned.