Monday, March 28, 2011

Day 2

From Evernote:

Day 2

Another fantastic day though harder than we intended. It was about nine when we finally left the camp. Another great day of weather, sunny but cool air.
Rachel almost picked up four faults at Black Cliffe but the tide was low enough for us to get around after scrambling over a couple of rocks. The walk up to Buoy Creek was easy enough.
Note: Point Eric is the better campsite. We made the right choice in staying there.
The Chapman book suggests Louisa Creek as the next campground in his ten day schedule. Bruce at the airstrip had suggested Louisa River, some two hours further as a good stop before tackling the Ironbound Mountains. In the end we decided on an extra day and a visit to Louisa bay. Here we are, just one other walker.
Beautiful bay, very isolated and a great camping spot. We are at the northern end. The book suggests 'gather water from some unreliable drips'. In a scoop in the rock, dark but not a cave, a couple of drips could be heard. I looked around- nothing else. We're not going to have enough I thought.
Rac and I rigged the tarp under the seepage. We had enough water for a cup of tea in just a few minutes. 'how do you like your seepage?' I asked Rachel.

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