Quadding with Friends

Just like last weekend we made today a day of quadding with friends.  This time it was Marg & Wayne, Cathy & Jim that joined us as we headed to Long Point and Augustus Hills.  Long point is one of my favorite places to go as most of the drive is along sandy beaches and today the drive did not disappoint.  There was a cool breeze coming from the Northwest Passage as there is still plenty of ice.  Just before we arrived at Long Point we stopped to look at the black spot on the ice, everyone took out their binoculars and I took out my 500mm lens and behold...a ring seal!

 

The dark spot that we seen on the ice

Once he knew we were watching him, he was watching us

 

 

More and more flowers are blooming and it still amazes me that some of the flowers grow where there is just rock or sand.

 

Once at Long Point we stopped to admire the view of the Northwest Passage - the tide was high so many rocks were not exposed.  Craig being a boy had to do a couple of 360's with his quad. 

 

The beach going to Long Point

 

This is where we stopped to look at the seal

Craig playing in the sand

You can see the trail heading out

Rocky beach

And we're off

 

Craig found us some lunch in the water - CRAB LEGS!  This water is about a foot deep and look how clear it is.

Another view of our beach trail

 

From Long Point we headed to the river where we got out the snackies and had a little bite to eat and drink.  When we arrive there the water was high but Craig and Wayne had to cross the river and back again...boys having fun!

Some ice floating near the beach

A view of Long Point - top left

Wayne and Craig coming in

Cathy and Marg - yeah you could say it was a bit windy today

"Commander" Jim

Craig coming back across the river

and Wayne was not too far behind - a little deep

Look how happy Wayne looks after playing in the water 

The river flows into the Northwest Passage

Not sure where it comes from

Craig, Cathy and Jim checking out the seals...oops I mean birds

The tundra is starting to turn purple with flowers

We drive above the river for a bit before we turned to head for Augustus Hills

You could say it was a steep river bank

 

 

The next few of pictures are of some of the different flowers that are blooming on the tundra.  Most of the flowers up here are either purple, yellow or white and are simply beautiful!

 

We had to drive a few more minutes before we reached Augustus Hills and the view up here is nothing short of amazing.  We didn't stay too long as the storm clouds were moving in and the wind was getting colder.

Storm was passing right where we needed to go home, lucky for us it passed before we got there.

On top of Augustus Hills - you can see the trail that we used. 

The indent on the right is where the river is and where we came from.

Long Point view from Augustus Hills

 

Talk soon!