11 August 2019, Sunday

We watch rain showers alternate with bright sunshine as we eat our Aucoin Bakery cherry pie. Then it’s off to town for laundry and a few groceries. Ah – but it’s Sunday and no stores are open in this little Acadian town. Instead O and I drive the Back Road that goes up into the hills behind Cheticamp and passes by an old gypsum mine. Then, after a phone call with S, we seek out the Salmon River trail which the warden suggested I might be able to negotiate on crutches. I make it a little ways up the trail to a pretty pool and then we decide to turn around.

I know every hill I go over I will have to climb again with my crutches. I pause on the way back to Vincent to watch a flock of chickadees in the trees near the trail. As I turn to resume our “hike” O mentions that the warden reported some bear cubs had been seen on this trail. O has just glimpsed one while I was watching the birds. Of course a cub sighting means mama bear is nearby as well. Luckily the cub climbed away from the trail and up into the woods. O and I start calling “Hey, bear!” and singing silly songs as he walks and I hobble back up the trail.

We enjoy a peaceful dinner back at camp with a very Canadian chocolate bar for dessert. Most of our neighbors are still out exploring. Another deluge after dinner cuts short transferring photos to the computer. Bed time!