Hike # 16 - December 6, 2015 - 10 km (more or less).
Today we reached our goal of 300 km for this year after hiking a mere kilometre, but our intention for the day was to have a nice short hike followed by a celebratory lunch. Indeed we did just that.
A gorgeous December day had us peeling our layers not too long after starting out. The only wind was at the top of the hills that we climbed up and down all morning. The Hockley Valley area is aptly named.
The forest was very quiet today. Even the birds seemed scarce except the occasional chickadee in the distance. We did hear a strange sound far off - a deep howl of some sort. We imagined many a thing that could make this noise.. maybe a bear? We saw deer tracks but no deer, horse tracks but no horses, but we did pass a few fellow hikers taking advantage of the good weather.
The hike finished quickly being half of the distance we normally walk. Once finished we found our way to Mono Cliffs Inn for a delicious lunch.
Thank you to Valerie and Karen for being wonderful hiking buddies and cheers to our success on a wonderful hiking season! More adventures await in the Spring.
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| The beginning of of the end |
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| Hoses on the maple trees ready for syrup making Interesting sun flares in these photos |
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| Over the stiles we go |
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| Reaching the peak |
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| Looking at this map we see we have walked a long way since April. One third of the total distance. |
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| Beautiful birches |
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| Large tree down |
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