Started the day with a short 2 minute leg stretcher out to Green Cove overlook. The rocks were covered with bayberry plants that smell wonderful when you rub the waxy leaves. Then on to our morning hike, Jack Pine and Coastal Trails. We started clockwise on Jack Pine than hooked up with the Coastal Trail and back to the parking lot.
Scenes from the Trail
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| Wild Bleeding Heart |
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| Jack Pines |
In 1921, a massive fire burned the forest. When the land began to recover, jack pines (also called scrub pines) grew there for the first time. This stand of jack pines is 124 miles from the next nearest jack pine.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_pine https://www.cbisland.com/things-to-do/jack-pine-trail-cape-breton-highlands-national-park/
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| Lichen |
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| On the Coastal Trail |
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| Lunch Break |
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| We decided to do one last hike after lunch. For the first time in the park we had trouble finding the trail head because of road construction. There was no trail map at the alternate trail head, but we plowed on, making a few wrong turns. The most exciting event on this trail was a (perhaps red tailed) hawk flying right in front of our faces. |
Can't tell you what the view at the end might have been.
Quilt at Keltic Lodge Bar
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