[Quark]

A lot has been said regarding Toleak Point the last coupla days, so I won't elaborate except to say man, o man! I've been as far S as Strawberry Pt before and didn't know about the increase in bald eagle population at Toleak, and of the multitudes of seals (and thier pups!), and of the more active tidepools there. We had lots of sunshine and it was quite warm; not much wind, either. I had had hopes of a raging, stormy weekend there, but I hafta admit I had a perverted happiness for the sunshine and warmth. Erik the Nav and his thousand pound backpack joined me on this trip. I don't know what the heck he wags around in that thing, but it weighs more than the largest anvil in my collection. The Parks' req't of hard plastic containers for food seems to help - the 'coons weren't pesky at all; rather than rummaging around campsites, they were skulking and foraging around the tidepools for their food where a wild 'coon ought to find it's food. That being said, I will go on to say the headland south of Toleak is very different than the ones North of Toleak, and is well worth the trip. The ladder there is brand-spanking new (200' gain in about 4 feet). On top of this headland, scattered amongst the giant spruce trees are gigantic ancient cedars. The gnarled and twisted root systems towering overhead, sucking on the older nurse logs give a whimsical, humorous twist to viewing nature. We stood in happpy awe for several long minutes more than once. There's a waterfall at Falls Creek. There is an open meadow before you get back down to the ocean that seems so beautiful and sacred that the little social trail leading to it stops at it's edge - no one seems to have ever wanted to trod on it's fragile mosses and clover-strewn floor. Especially pretty when the sun streams in. I can't wait 'til fall - I'm going back then. It'll be too crowded this summer for me. We were lucky, it wasn't crowded at all this weekend.

[Erik the Nav]

You need a bigger anvil. Heck, I have a spare in my pack, you can have that one... 180 degrees of view from Toleak Pt in the photo..

Toleak Pt

[Dogman]

It should be noted that Quark and Nav are fabricators and exagerators. They may be other ors as well. Toleak point is boring and otherwise uninteresting. Do not go there.

[Erik the Nav]

[Allison]

I'm going to have to side with Dogman, if only to attack the egregious character of these two characters!

[Allison]

Um. like can't stop. like, well. you know, laughing!