Yesterday (glorious fall day!) my sister and I decided to explore more of Sears Island. Our plan of approach rather than following the shore per usual, was to walk up the center of the island via the cell-tower road and out to the seaward shore from there... trouble was there was no path/trail we could find that led to the shore! So we began coming back along and following trails that branched off. We never found a trail that gave even a view of the water until we were almost all the way back to the causeway! From there we headed out around the other side of the island to the "jetty" "tumble of rocks" "peir footing" or whatever one calls the mass of granite blocks facing the mainland... We never made it to the southern seaward shore as both of us were fairly done-in after 5 hours of continual hiking!
My next plan of approach will be sea kayaks.
I am amazed that 100s of years of use have not forged sporadic trails to the waters edge all around the island! Other islands I have known (inhabited and uninhabited) only accessible by boat, all had such exploratory trails. I am wondering if it because the island has a belt of wetlands around it's perimeter? We found fern beds each time we started shoreward... the island would seem to be a moose paradise!
Nice to see this blog, as well as your FB entries.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a sweet walk. During low tide you can walk the perimeter along the shore, but the shore is completely underwater at high tide. There aren't that many trails... but a really nice 90 minute walk on the shore starting on the east side takes you out to some very pretty rock outcrops and nice views. Haven't completely walked the perimeter of the whole island myself. It's about five miles all he way around.
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