Hiking with Friends

Dufferin Hi-Land Section - 29.4 km to 15.2 km Annette, Rhonda, Muris, Boyd and I. A lovely day for it, but colors not fully out. Necessary bridge picture Clothing adjustment time One of our better views No sign of fall colors down in the valley Weird structure! Still it made a good sit-down spot for me (not many benches on this section). The view from Murphy's pinnacle, and we have to get to that horizon. A happy hiker Down by the river again Just before the end. A bit ironic really

  Beaver Valley Section - Side Road 13A (89.5 km) to 3rd Line/ Side Road 25 (104.5 km) - Sept. 22, 2022. It's the final day of our second of three, 3 day trips up north for the "Hiking with Friends" group and the anticipation is high for this 15 km walk northward from the parking lot at the end of Side Road 13A where we finished yesterday, to the intersection of 3rd Line and Side Road 25 near Epping... This 4 1/2 hour jaunt will stay mostly near the top edge of the escarpment and only require 300 meters of climbing (thank goodness after our 2 previous days combined total of over 1000 meters)...the only thing not on our side will be the weather...it's the autumnal equinox later today and it's like a switch has been flipped...after yesterday's hot, humid and sunny trek, we awake to single digit temperatures, rainy overcast skies, and a brisk, northerly wind off of Georgian Bay... Preparations are made, including donning rain gear and backpack covers, and we are ...