Hike # 11: September 13, 2015: 20.1 kms (+++) from Appleby Line & Steeles to Bruce Trail Pear Tree Park, Speyside
It was a day of road blocks and set backs with a side dish of rain.
As is our usual practice we left from home at 7 a.m. hoping to be on the trail by 8 o'clock, but it was not to be. As we approached the area to get to our parking spot at Kelso summit there was a very unusual amount of cars on the road - most of them with bicycles attached to the back of them. Hmmm something was going on.
It did not take us long to figure out that the something was a bike race (
Epic Bike Tour Halton), and most of the ways in and out of the area were blocked off by police cruisers. Finally, after a few circles around, we made it to parking (not the parking we wanted so we were farther from our start point = more kms), and we started our hike at 9:30.
It was going to be a long day.
As it turned out, it was made even longer when we missed an
important turn sign on the trail at Kelso and ended up having to double back adding more time and kms! Added to that, much of the trail was rocky (and slippery) which made for a slower pace and required our complete concentration to keep our footing. It is interesting to note that our conversation falls silent during the difficult areas :).
Despite our late start, the rain, and the added bonus of repeating part of the hike, we had another great day on the trail, finishing the Iroquoia section and getting in a few km's of the Toronto section of the trail.
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| A policeman at a roadblock took our picture |
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| An easy part of the trail |
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| Lots of these crevices along the way |
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| Funny signs for the mountain bike trails at Kelso |
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| We liked this part so much we did it twice! (by accident of course) |
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| Looking over Kelso beach |
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| On the ledge |
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| Wild Asters |
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| Rock ledge at Kelso |
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| Looking over Milton |
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| Kelso ski hills from the other side |
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| Near the beginning of the Toronto section |
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