It looks so beautiful, we decide to see if we can hike up Signal Hill. We drive 10km of dirt road which takes us half an hour! But we can park right at the base of the hill. Our little trailer is out there somewhere...
There is a hiking trail through the canyon which is still in the shade and quite chilly. Good thing we were still wearing our jumpers. After about 30 mins we get to a spot from where you can see palm trees growing in a little micro-climate up one side of the canyon. A left-over from the days when the climate was much wetter here.
Niels and Martijn do some rock scrambling to get closer to the palm trees. They get quite far, but cannot find a route all the way there. After a bit of chatting with other Canadian hikers we explore further on. There is hardly a path anymore so we have to figure out how to keep going. There is also a lot of scrambling involved. We're all having a great time, especially Niels.
We get to a point were we're not quite sure how to proceed, and our tummies are starting to rumble so we head back. In total the walk was about 2 hours and we'd love to come back another day to see if we can scale the full 1,460 m to the top (since we're already at 400 m and parked at 600 m height).
At night another campfire for burgers and beaver tails. Delicious. And we've learned we should keep the bonnet of the car slightly open so the mice don't use the engine compartment as a nest. We'll check tomorrow...
Today: 21km - 1h
Total: 22,173km - 432h42m
