Harbour Main Lighthouse Trail

SO MANY BLUEBERRIES!! Wow! I’ve never seen so many blueberries in one place. And I’m from Maine!

Mike picked this hike cause he said it would be a beautiful drive out there, and it was! He drives all over the Avalon Peninsula for work so he gets to see all the most beautiful places when he’s out on the road. (Actually, everywhere is stunning, this place is amazing in every direction!)

We unfortunately started out the trip with a flat tire & had to spend a little while inside a quick-change place getting it sorted out. Thankfully the kids brought lots of fun car activities. Our car may be cluttered with kid stuff, but most of it comes in handy now and then.

The trail starts out in fields of wildflowers and blueberry bushes, with beautiful open views of the water all around. It was a sort of confusing path with lots of branching intertwining trails and very few markings, but it seemed obvious which way we were supposed to go – it’s hard to get lost when you’re on a very narrow peninsula, right?

We got to a spot where the ground was marshy so I lifted Sadie onto my back, and gingerly tried to pick a path through this meadow – it looked like grass but under the grass it was deep, mucky water! I had some brand-new waterproof hiking boots so I was feeling bold, but with Sadie on my back, my feet sank in to the muck pretty fast.

By the time we crossed the marshy grass and climbed up on a rock, my waterproof boots were completely filled with water. We clambered up to the top of the rocks and surveyed the scene- we could see where trail had gone off one way and we’d gone the other. Had to take a speedy, mucky sprint back across the marsh before we could get back on the trail.

When we finally made it to the lighthouse at the end of the trail, it felt like a great accomplishment- although the lighthouse wasn’t much to look at, just a little boxy thing. The view was well worth the soggy boots.