Hunting Whales

This morning we went back to the lookouts at Long Point Lighthouse to see if there were any whales around. There weren’t so we decided to walk some trails there. On a rocky trail we saw this view and the gentler trail below. We didn’t see an easy way down, so we decided to drive to a nearby parking lot and walk from there.

There were still some decent lookouts from the lower trail and Matey got to be off leash for part of the walk.

I did put him on the leash when the trail went by this drop-off.

Once we’d stretched our legs we set off looking for another whale watching site. We took a side route towards Too Good Arm (again those names). When we were close to the end of the road there was a turnoff with a sign for an overlook at Pikes Arm so we headed that way and found this trail with steps.

Lots of very nice steps.

This is the top of the first set of steps.

But we were still a long way from the top of the trail.

There were little sheds along the way, I think perhaps for tools or other supplies. Volunteers from Pikes Arm maintain this.

They even had a very nice, clean outhouse near the top.

The view on top was spectacular and the platform, railing and picnic table made it a great place to hang out. We were the only people there.

I didn’t think I could get a panoramic photo to do it justice, so I used my compass and took a picture to the south,

the east,

the north,

and the west. There was water all around.

When we were done soaking up the sun and sights…

we headed back down.

There wasn’t much of a town there, there were no shops selling souvenirs, no restaurants, nobody making any money from this.

We dropped a donation in their box and I signed the guestbook, thanking them for sharing this beauty with us.

No whales again, but so much more.