Day 4 and 5:
Forrest and I woke up early and drove an hour North to the Skookumchuck Narrows. It is also, like the boating trip the day earlier, near Egmont. We hiked to the narrows for about an hour through a nicely kept trail. Forrest had done his research to find out when the "rapids" were at their most impressive. We got there before any big crowds. While we were there a whitewater kayaker had taken up on the rapids through the narrows and was showing off. And by that I mean I was jealous of his spectacular skills. You could tell he had been at it for a while.
The area of the narrows is the only way into the inlet. The waters converge and form several areas of "rapids" where the water is rushing at a tremendous rate. Forget current it is an impressive site and is best described as a rapid. A site seeing boat came buy and took up position in the rapids, turned around and demonstrated how moving completely counter to the water flow one wouldn't get very far. The engine was at max and the boat stood still. It was pretty impressive. I never really understood the force of flood water until I saw how the water moved, rushed, poured like it did there. It is humbling and no amount of description here or the pics that I took would illustrate what is best viewed in person. I took video but have been having difficulty uploading the footage.
After about an hour we headed out of the park and drove back to the hotel. We had scheduled a couple of spa treatments each. They were, needless to say, a great way to end the trip. After the treatments we got back to the treehouse and made dinner in the fully equipped kitchen.
The next day on our way home while riding on the ferry between Landon and Horseshoe Bay we were sad to have to leave such a beautiful and hospitable place. We will most certainly return.
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