Day 36 – Hiking Day 29 – Wednesday October 11 2017

Day 36 – Hiking Day 29 – Wednesday  October 11 2017

Iroquoia Section K121.8 Kelso Road to Iroquoia Section K 93 Colling Road and Guelph Line

Distance –  28.11k

Time  - 7:45

Evy’s friend Dave drove us to the start today. It was full rain gear. It was only raining very slightly when we set off and continued to rain lightly on and off all day. When we finished, there was a much bigger downpour. We were lucky once again! Temperature was cool, 6C to 12C.

Today was a beautiful hike. We started out at the base of the Glen Eden Ski Hill in the Kelso Conservation Area and slowly climbed up onto the top of the Escarpment passing some old lime kilns on the way. Then we headed into an amazing forest. Most of the day was spent in golden forests at the top of the escarpment on quite civilized paths, but, of course, we did have our fair share of Bruce Trail rock, the “gnarly rock” and climbing up and down the Escarpment on the rock and walking over the greasy, mossy rock in the sprinkling rain. The views over the countryside from the top were stunning. We had some short stints on the roads including Appleby Line which was a charming walk along a country road, and a rather grueling, dangerous walk along Walkers’Line.

The colour is beginning to show in the forests, but many of the leaves are already on the ground so, I don’t think this will be an ideal year for the beautiful reds, and oranges, that this part of Ontario is so well known for.

We continue to see lots of squirrels and chipmunks in the forests, and to hear some birds whose calls we can’t recognize, but other than that we don’t see much wildlife.

We are noticing the increased noise from machinery, vehicles, airplanes (we must have walked along a flight path into Toronto airport today) and wonder how we can be in the middle of all of this confusion while at the same time walking in the wilderness of the Bruce. It is a very special trail. We met two groups of school kids out for a hike, as well as being caught up in the middle of cross country races for students. We met a handful of other hikers and one mountain biker!

At the end of the day we drove into Burlington to pick up some stuff for lunches (we haven’t changed our boiled egg, biscuits and cheese, red pepper or grape tomatoes, yoghurt, and a piece of fruit, routine!) We also got a latte in Starbucks after we shopped!! Coffee after a long hike tastes sooooo good!!

We decided to eat dinner in, and had fun preparing our food with 3 little raccoons watching us from the sliding door in the kitchen!