Hiking with Friends

       Off we set on another weekly HWF hiking adventure of Blue Trails, bridges, waterfalls, and stairs.   18 HWF hikers joined the 15 km hike this week from Canterbury Falls to Hillcrest in the Iroquoia Section. We head out from the parking lot on Artaban Road with a very  chilly start of -6oC and an overcast sky. Thankfully, the forecasted wind from NW of 15km/hr gusting to 35km/hr did not materialize. Joining the HWF hike this week SteveR (photographer), Liz, Frank, Peter, Laura, Lesley, Nancy, Rita, Josie, Marleen, Andrea, Barbara (HC), Andrew, Georgia, Geoff, SteveK, Sandra (Sweep), and Muris. Four Blue Trails, several bridges, and four spectacular waterfalls. Let's not forget the stairs....and there are lots of them on this hike, too many to count!   We started with a loop around Canterbury Falls side trail and back onto the main trail and continued over to Tiffany Falls side trail, and then our adventurous hikers added the Filman Road...

  Iroquoia Section - Lewis Road (11.1 km) to Felker's Falls (23.2 km) - March 14, 2024. Hiking With Friends was back in action this past week in the Iroquoia Section of the Bruce Trail tackling 12.1 km of main trail (roughly 13 km in total) starting at the end of Lewis Road (just outside Winona) and travelling to the parking lot at Felker's Falls Conservation Area in Stoney Creek...I can easily recall our last go at this hike (in the opposite direction mind you) as it was exactly 8 months ago, July 13th, and my grandson was born a few hours later that day...today, it's "Pi Day" (3/14) and the potential for some joy and challenges on the trail is, like this special number's places, infinitesimal... It may be Pi Day, but there are definitely no circles, arcs, or even major curves on this route...following as it does the thin green ribbon of protected escarpment land that separates the encroaching urban development below (north) and the agricultural lands above (...