Lucky People

Yesterday was on-and-off rain at Rock Lake in Algonquin Park but it did not prevent us from doing everything we planned.

Cell phone reception was bad so the weather forecast would not load for us. All we did was look up at the sky and make judgement calls.

Inthe morning it was a little cooler so we figured we would go for a hike. The skies were not looking promising either so hiking in the morning and canoeing in the afternoon would likely be best.

The hike was perfect. Hardly any bugs and we saw glimpses of sun. It got just warm enough to start working up a sweat. The kids hiked 5 of the 6 kilometres partly because we played hide-and-go-seek for 4km. When we got to the lookout, the skies were looking good. It seemed as though we made the right decision.

After the hike and after a good lunch, we packed the canoe and headed out to find the rapids where we could slide down the rocks. It’s about an hour to an hour and a half canoe ride depending on how quickly you want to paddle.

As we reached our destination, the clouds started to open up and the rain started coming down. We tucked the canoe under some trees along the shore and waited it out for a few minutes but then decided to just finish our last stretch and deal with the rain on foot for now.

After a short hike we made it to the rapids. The rain stopped shortly after and the sun came out just long enough to warm us up. The water felt warmer than the air so it was quite nice. The kids had a blast (and so did us big kids).

In the distance we could hear thunder. We were not in a great position to deal with a thunder storm but there was nothing we could do other than have fun and continue to have faith that the weather would cooperate with us.

Eventually we packed back up and started the canoe trip back. We could see the dark ominous clouds ahead but luckily they were moving across our path and not with our path. About 30 minutes of paddling through some rain was all we had as the kids sang “oh mister sun, sun, mister golden sun, please shine down on meeeeeee..”

It was a day to remember to say the least and Urooj had the perfect quote to sum up the day:

Luck favours those who have faith.

From Booth's Rock in Algonquin Park