Ile Madame Power Walk
July 21st
We were up for a good hike so when
asked if we would like to join the local walking club for an outing
we said yes. It turned out to be quite an eye opener. We thought we
would be hiking with a bunch of slow older hikers. Turns out we
were the slow old hikers! Although both Anne and I are in good shape
and walk/run on a regular basis, this group had us beat. When they
whipped out their hiking poles, we thought it might be for balance.
Turns out these 'batons' actually propel them forward and make their
stride much more effective. We could hardly keep up. I finally had
to do some jogging to keep up.
But the most interesting thing to see are all the fishing shanties on the shore that are mounted on stilts. Be sure to note the time of high tide or you will be stuck on the island for much longer than you intended! Not fun unless you want to walk around the island several more times. There's not much else to do.
Public toitlettes are few and far
between. It's usually with good reason because most of them you
wouldn't want to visit. So if you need to go, be sure and pack TP or
do what I did. We passed a camp ground on the way back to the car.
I just marched right in the front gate like I was a camper returning
from my hike and used their facilities! It was a rather nice facility I must
say – and very welcome after 3 hours on the trail!
Happy trails!
Here is a link to see the island. I'm
not sure you can translate the page or not.
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