07/20/2025
Shenanigans day 12 kicked our booties! We did a day long tour of 3 Mingan Islands: Quarry, Niapiskau, and Fantôme. We had 3 hours on each of the first two, and one hour on the last. Quarry was the first island, and we could have walked as little as a mile, but dad decided to do the guided tour, so ended up walking closer to 2+miles, knowing full well that on Niapiskau, there was a required 3.5 miles to accomplish. That “walk” the Samuel Trail was very challenging: forest trails with lots of roots to avoid and manoever around, beach walks with slippery rocks, slick sand, and a salt marsh with very wet terrain. Added challenge, plus size hungry black flies and mosquitoes. Dad is toast, almost fell asleep eating his dinner tonight, but oh so proud of himself, and inspired by what we saw today.