Helen Whitson

Seventeen people came out to hike Miquelon on a beautiful sunny day. The temperature reached 17C, which is very comfortable for the middle of spring. There was still some snow at the south end but it wasn’t too much of a bother. 

We walked up to the beaver pond to see the lodge – it’s huge. Likely there is a large family living there, which would explain why so many trees were gone. 

The migration is happening—we spotting a small flock of snow geese.  We also saw some interesting scat – it looked like a pile of food pellets. Google picture search suggested a raccoon. But a search on porcupines brought up a very similar picture. 

Thanks to everyone for coming out to the hike. You can see all the photos on Flickr.

Where we’re going next.

It was one of our finer days of mid-autumn. Thirteen people came out to hike the trails at the Goldbar and Tiger Goldstick Parks on the east side of Edmonton.

We did the cross country ski loop in the morning and then did a loop over to Rundle Park, then west along Ada Blvd and then back on the 50 Street Bridge to Gold Bar Park.

Thanks to everyone who came out and to Michele for the photos. You can see all the photos on our Flickr album.