Steve asked and got permission to wash the trailer today. Imagine that, we're in a National Park and it's okay to wash your rig...cool! It was quite breezy out today but it blew away the clouds, making for a wonderful blue sky and lots of sunshine...
After our usual coffee start Sunday morning, we did our resistance exercises, showered and had a big breakfast. By mid morning we were ready to head out...so with the backpack loaded with water and snacks, we headed off to do a little more exploring on some trails in Fundy National Park.
Another beautiful day. That's an amphitheatre on the other side of the lake...
We did two hikes today...starting at Dickson Falls, a 1.5 km (.93 mile). There is a lookout at the trailhead...beautiful view!
Our next hike was Caribou Plain Trail...a much flatter, 2.1 km (1.30 mile) loop with a couple of lookouts along the way...
How a flark is formed and even the mighty moose gets mired
This bog has been growing for more than 8,000 years. It is a giant mound of sodden peat, four metres deep at this spot. Sometimes, rotten spots appear in the bog where peat has decomposed and been turned into a slurry. As dangerous as quicksand, these are called flarks. Since this trail was built, at least two moose have been trapped by the flark between here and the lake. Both were found and pulled out. One survived, the other died beside the trail in October 1981. Please stay on the boardwalk.Raised Bog
How moss raises the water table and bog spreads into the surrounding forest
Sphagnum moss was one of the first plants to grow here after the last ice age, filling in wet areas and sopping up water from rain, snow and fog. As this moss grows, its lower stems and leaves die.Accumulations of undecayed waterlogged moss form peat. A skin of live moss covers the surface of the bog, and a new layer grows each year. As time passes, this bog raises itself little-by-little above the land, and wick-like, the moss draws the water table with it.
Along the edges of the bog, soil becomes sodden as water seeps into the surrounding forests and sphagnum moss encroaches. Trees drown, and are replaced by moss. As the bog grows wider and higher, it slumps and tears under its own waterlogged weight, forming small pools and flarks. Our hikes can even be educational! LOL
Before going into our campground, we took a drive through the activity area...and found another campground. We discovered that Cannontown Campground also has full hook-up sites, all back in, and a number of them would be long enough for us. They are also more open than where we are and some even have views.
Back home, I checked to see if any of the ones long enough for us were available for our second week...no go...drats! Instead, Steve double-checked other sites in the campground we are in...we have booked site #11 for September 25 to October 2 but realized it's hard to get into as it is in the middle section of the campground. We decided to change our reservation to site #2...it's long enough, although it has a lot of trees around, Steve feels he'll be able to get a satellite signal. The one negative is the tree branches are too low for our rig. So I went to the entrance kiosk to change our reservation and asked if the trees could be pruned to accommodate us.
Looks like you had a lovely walk through the bog. Nice boardwalks.
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DeleteGreat stair hikes! I really like the boardwalks. Such lush waterfalls.
ReplyDeleteIt was a beautiful area!
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