Hike #56
Date – April 18, 2015
Location – Maps 31 Owen Sound East and 32 Inglis Falls
Distance – 22.4
Total Trail Distance – 769.2 (124.8 to go)
Hikers – Dean, Marlene, Benjamin, Steve, Simon, Jacob, Harold and
Janette
Start – 69.0 Sideroad 22
End – 91.4 Grey Sauble Conservation Authority Headquarters
Direction – North
Weather – Cool and sunny
The sun is shining in a brilliantly blue sky but the forest is
only just beginning to wake up as we embark on our first day of a two-day hiking
weekend.
This hike features some fantastic sections where the trail passes
through deep crevices; in some cases there is still deep snow.
Even though most of the trail is beautiful and scenic, or perhaps,
precisely because it is so beautiful and scenic, passing a small but ugly industrial
strip on the outskirts of Owen Sound makes us appreciate just how beautiful and
precious the Bruce Trail is.
Near the end of the hike, around the time when our bodies and GPS
watches tell us we should be done, we realize that we are on the wrong side of
the Sydenham River. There is much frantic consulting of maps and GPS apps, but
we are definitely in the wrong place.
Later, we learn that a re-route, mentioned on the Bruce Trail website
as a sidetrail reroute (not a main trail reroute), explains why we have missed
our turn.
We want to get to Harrison Park where our vehicles are parked, but
we are forced to go past the park and we are finally able to cross the Sydenham
in the Inglis Falls Conservation Area, ending up at the Headquarters of the Grey
Sauble Conservation Authority.
Ben, Simon and Jacob, who are young and strong and not nearly as
tired and cranky as we are, take the vehicle keys and hike an extra kilometre
to pick up the van.
While we are waiting for them to come get us, Harold and Janette
do some face-time with Jen, who is visiting with Whitney and Erik. We are very
happy to see the van when it appears.
We are staying in hotels in Owen Sound – some at the Inn on the
Bay and some at the Travelodge. Steve had plugged in a crockpot in the morning and
we are given permission to eat our celebratory meal in the motel’s breakfast
area. We have a lovely dinner together.
Here are a few more pictures from the hike.
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| Janette got a new camera. |
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