The next day we tackled the hike to Whale Lake. The sign said 3.8 km one way. We enjoyed the hike in through an open mixed forest with lots of birch and an understory of thimbleberry.
Pat got a good photo of this too:
All was well until it started to rain about an hour into the hike. We continued on because we were nearing the 3.8 km mark.
We passed through a miniature club moss forest:
The rain got heavier. Still no lake. We reached the 2 hour point. Finally Leo and Mark went ahead for 10 minutes. They got to the bottom of another hill and figured it was not worth going any further in the rain. We hiked back in the rain, all of us cold and soaked.
When we got home from our camping trip I was able to download my data from my GPS watch.
Almost made it. My GPS noted the distance I'd traveled (one way) was 4.8 km. False advertising! From the topo you can see if Mark and Leo had climbed that last hill they would have reached the lake!
If only we could have warmed up around a roaring fire. But the fire ban was still in force. They removed it a few days later, after the long weekend.
Next morning we packed up and slowly headed home. Some of us stopped off at the 108 rest stop for lunch.
Lastly here's a great picture Pat took of the ladies at the Mahood Lake boat launch.
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