Kejimkujik National Park- The Land of little fairies

We attended a campfire where we sipped apple cinnamon tea while the rangers acted out a scene from the past when hunters would hire Mi'kmak guides to assist them. The guide would lead, set up camp, prepare food, clean animals the hunter shot, just about everything but carry them. And sometimes they even did that!

The playground was just behind our campsite, so the kids enjoyed being able to play there with new friends all week. While daddy enjoyed a nap in the hammock and the kids played with their friends, I took off on Flowing Waters trail. It was a lush trail along the Mersey River's silently flowing, black water.

I swung back by our site to pick up my family and rent a canoe to explore Keji from the water. We paddled to Fairy Bay where we found a red-throated loon.

Journey was a bit nervous about canoeing and didn't enjoy it as much as the rest of us.

Another day we walked the Mersey Meadow boardwalk and then down to Mill Falls. The water is so dark, it's an unusual looking waterfall.

We worked on Xplorer books at the beach so the kids could earn another dogtag. This is Canada's version of a Junior Ranger program that we have in the US.

Fun hair-cap moss

A teeny tiny toad

Finally we hugged new friends goodbye and headed off to Halifax (pronounced "HELL-ifax" here apparently).