Today we got up early (6:00am), took 1 hour to get our stuff packed up and started hiking at 7:20am. We were the first people heading South down the beach and the first ones to leave footprints in the sand. 
We had to watch the tides today as 2 parts of the trail were along the beach and only passable before 10:55am (then it's high tide).
The beaches were not as easy to walk along as it would seem. The sand sinks your feet quickly and there were some large boulders to cross over. But we did find sea otter track and one unknown!
Inland there were a few lookouts, one of my favorite being the Parks Canada red chairs. They set up these chairs at various locations throughout the different National Parks, I couldn't believe they had them here (at ~17km). We continued inland where we saw the old rusted grader and donkey engine. We figured these would have been pretty difficult to move. Back on the beach we found a giant anchor. We eventually made it to the first cable car! It was very exciting and fast! We literally flew across the Klanawa River in a tin cart. Willy pulled us the rest of the way once we reached the middle.
After the cable car there was difficult terrain - lots of boardwalks that were mostly rotten which made stepping challenging.
We crossed a few suspension bridges and made it to Tsusiat Falls. This was a popular campground, and we were the second group there so we picked another amazing campsite.
At the falls were were able to shower and wash our clothes, it felt so goodsince the sun was so hot (and the sand!). We also collected our water. Flavour: waterfall.
We set up our campsite, hung our clothes to dry and enjoyed the evening on the beach. We even saw a bald eagle soaring above. Willy made another fire, the biggest one on the beach of course.
We feel pretty good after day 2, we are keeping hydrated and eating well. I would only complain of the bag rubbing against my hips and collarbones at this point (no blisters!).
It was a beautiful day! We are so lucky!
Total km's today: 11
Darling River to Tsusiat Falls
Hours: 5 hours, 5 min
Day 2 successfully beat the tides.
Blogging suits you, Jenna! :^D
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