Hiking with Friends

So forgive the lack of professionalism and wit that Ken brings to our weekly blog but there is only so much an aging engineer/banker can bring to the table.  In any event, I'm giving it a go as a fill-in hike coordinator/blogger for the week.  We were 13  hikers setting off from Swayze Falls to cover the 12.6 km to Decew House climbing a modest 221 metres along the way (sorry no fancy profile as again, I lack Ken's expertise and tech). After much milling around including Steve getting last second orders from "she that must be obeyed" all the way from France, we got assembled for our initial photo. Hikers were Steve R. (photographer), Barbara (thanks for filling in as our sweep.  No lost hikers Sandra so you may have competition), Frances, Rita, Marleen, Ron J., Geoff, Frank, Catherine, Liz, Steve, Annette, and Ron B (photographer).  The weather was cool but promising to warm up as the course of the day progressed.  Most importantly no rain was in the forecast. Swayze

  Dufferin Hi-land Section - Rock Hill Corner (28.3 km) to Prince of Wales Road (40.7 km) - May 9, 2024. Hiking With Friends ventured a little further north this past week to the Dufferin Hi-land Section of the Bruce Trail, to take on a roughly 12.5 km hike from the area known as Rock Hill Corner up to the designated parking area at the intersection of Prince of Wales Road and 20 Side Road...it's been just over a year and half (Sept. 1, 2022) since we plied this route...has much changed since then?..well we know we are all a bit older (and wiser?) but that was the end of the summer season and this is spring so we should definitely appreciate that aspect... Ironically, due to my Garmin watch freezing up on me at the start, I am resorting to re-posting our bird's eye view map from that last hike...no re-routes or deviations since last time so if I didn't tell you, you wouldn't know...but now I've gone and told you...travelling northbound again meant we avoided the mon