Monday, December 2, 2013

The Abyss

Mama told me were going to a super cool new trail today! It is called The Abyss which sounds beary dramatic. We drove a bit and got out of the truck and found this sign... Huh? It says Extension Ridge - part of the Trans Canada Trail! Where's this Abyss thingie?

Mama said we had to hike for a bit... so off we went. Of course there was a steep set of stairs...

But also some better areas for a little bear to run and scamper...

Oh look!!! Maybe this is it??

It's just a small crack in the bedrock... Doesn't look beary Abyss-y to me!

Ah-hah... Mama says this is it!! Really...

Mama, that doesn't look much of an Abyss to me!! It's just a step-up in the rock...

But as we got closer... things got more interesting... ooohhh...

 Oh my goodness... it is an Abyss!! It's a big crack in the bedrock and goes way way down. Mama says it is an earthquake fissure and has been here for a beary long time. She would know because she studied rocks a long time ago... 

Isn't that cool! 

And from the other direction, you wouldn't even know it was there! I'm a little concerned that people could get lost in there... but it's a bit narrow for people. There is a rumour that once a dog fell into the Abyss but then it came out again a kilometer away near the river. Hmmm...

The fissure just disappears into the woods on either side... mysterious...

There are also little cracks around the big fissure... interesting. I wonder if any gnomes or trolls live down there!

And you can even see it from Google Satellite view!!

The walk was beary nice but then I heard something which frightened me a little bit!

Can you guess what that sound is??

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  2. Looks like a beary nice hike. Glad to hear you were careful near the abyss - I wouldn't want you to fall in and have to hike a Km in the abyss before you could get out (like the dog did). Not sure what is on the video, I hope it was a car on a gravel road and not gunshots.

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  3. Yup, it's gunshots! But not scary ones. Turns out there is a military firing range across the valley. Whew! I think the abyss thingie is more dangerous...

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  4. What an exciting hike Sandy. Be careful around that big abyss, we wouldn't want you to fall in. The video is also beary nice--that sound appears to us to be gunshots? That is beary scarey, cause we hope hunters are looking to hunt B _ _ _ S! Might be best to hide in your mom's backpack.

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