43 Days With Bruce

This post is written for  Robin  without whom I would never have had the Bruce Trail adventure, and as a summary of some of the memories we will retain from our hike: Robin: Aristotle said that a friend is “a single soul dwelling in two bodies” and for me the highlight of our "43 days with Bruce” was your companionship. Through all the ups and downs, nothing tore us apart. We knew the truth that the strength, commitment, and perseverance of one of us was crucial to the other. We shared everything “50/50”.  I admire the knowledge and the global aspect you brought to our discussions.  I loved our ability to open our minds and examine things from different perspectives, for example: hiking in our “time warp”, wondering how we got to the place that the land which is our gift from the Universe is treated like a human commodity, and bought and sold and barricaded with high barbed wire or electric fences with “keep out” signs; our “middle earth forests,” our “cedar bones