A Re-visit to the Queen Charlotte Track

In 2010 we walked the length of the QCT, a gorgeous and challenging walk.  Yesterday, we drove up to the "end" of the track in Anakiwa.  Which end, you may ask, as lots of people walk the track or parts of it in reverse, but Anakiwa is generally where one finishes and takes a water taxi back to Picton.  It's about a 30 minute drive to Anakiwa along the QC drive, a very very curvy road along the sound.  It's narrow and as twisty as any of our mountain roads.  Brother Bob remembers it well as he and MJ drove it in a large camper van when they were here - it's one of those great travel stories about a not so great a travel experience.

Bill and I walked about an hour and a half up the track past Davies Bay, returned part way, enjoyed our picnic lunch in a lovely clearing and then enjoyed the rest of the track back to the entrance (or exit).  The well-maintained path in this section is lined with gorgeous thick bush vegetation ncluding a variety of ferns, birch tree forests, and huge fern trees.  The sun came out turning the coves emerald green. 

Here's our Picton harbor at sunset.



I'll include pictures of the QCT track on the blog tomorrow as well as a picture of our local cinema in the Aquarium.  First rate films (in the USA they'd be "art films") side by side with blue cod swimming in tanks.  Well, not in the same room, but it smells a little fishy.