Day 25 - May 15 - I'M GETTING TOO OLD FOR THIS

I have not had the opportunity to catch many sunsets because when I go to bed around 10:30 the sun's still shining brightly. A little better luck with sunrises which happen around 4AM - yes, I'm often awake then. It always sets a positive tone for the day.

For starters, the Northwest Territories has the coolest Canadian license plate going!

The Ingraham Trail is designated as a northern, remote route of Canada's National Highway System. We drove the curvy, roller coaster about 100 kilometres out and back to Hidden Lake Territorial Park to attempt the Cameron Falls hiking trail. It's an incredibly diverse trail leading to a cool waterfall. Cool, it's still half frozen!

The approximate 5 kilometre trail involved some forest hiking on dry parts of the trail.

But there were more soft, muddy surfaces.

There are some very short sections of boardwalk.

The biggest challenge was the rock climbing/scrambling which accounted for about half of the trail. Thankfully, passage was well marked as no path was visible.

The most dangerous part was a long, steep, icy hike down a narrow rock corridor to the falls (then back up again). Karen very wisely chose to not do this part so I forged on alone.

It was worth it all to see the falls though probably not the brightest move.

I think I said this last year, I think I'm getting too old to be doing these things. One slip could easily have been a major disaster. Well-rooted, small diameter trees were the only thing that saved me today. I don't have a good solution. I can't think of a safer way to do these things but I'm not sure if I'm totally ready to give them up. Be that as it may, it was a great day today.

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