As we set out on our latest hike on a very warm early spring day, the sign warned us that there would be some steep inclines. What it forgot to mention was that with the mild winter and elevated temperatures we’d enjoyed in the weeks prior to this leg, water and mud hazards would abound as well.
Our aim this day: 20 kilometers.
The first thing that we encountered was the Woodland Environmental Centre, and without knowing it’s true history, struck me as though it may be a converted chapel, complete with stone wall and gazebo, entrance gate and the most quaint puppy cemetery.
Once we passed the Woodend Environmental Centre, we were into the typical forest trail with it’s rocks, tree roots and elevation changes, but not for very long…..
As we continued, things were a increasingly more urban (if not urbane) on this leg of our journey, and it was unseasonably warm (21˚C) and for the first time I was wishing that I had fewer layers.
A quick jaunt through the muddy golf course…..and it was on to what turned out to be the part of our hike that fascinated me most….the car wrecks!!
in the last wreck, we found a surprise!
It was such a warm day, the goose didn’t move once while we stopped for a snack, which took us a while to consume. Andrew outdid himself with some cut up veggies, lightly toasted pecans and a great hummus. A small and very delicious feast!!
The next surprise was an abandoned chair, it just looked so out of place I had to snap this photo. Not our average landscape.
From here there was not too much nature, but the Welland Canal Bridge proved a great subject for a couple of abstracts:
