June 28th North Bruce extreme weight loss program.

So the walk today was to the other side of the road. Otter Lake side trail promised a 6.5 km walk. It was quite a bit flatter than the other side (Bard side trail) and about half the walk is exposed…through meadow and marsh, while the other half is in cover through birch and cedar.

Beautiful……..but the past couple of days we have had some pretty heavy rain……and while it is not nearly as warm as southern Ontario….the humidity is definitely quite high.

The moisture in the air contributes to the North Bruce extreme weight loss program…!!!!1. You are walking….which is burning some calories……2. I am quite sure none of the exercise apps have a measurement for how many calories you burn as you constantly brush your arms and head, swat your legs and generally flail your arms around to combat the seemingly coordinated attacks of first the deerflies which attack in the open terrain….mercilessly…….second…as soon as you enter shade….the deerflies stop (probably fly over the trees to wait for you on the other side..!!!)..and their best mates…the helicopter sized mosquitos take their turn….

The third part of the weight loss being the chunks of flesh and blood the aforementioned beasties butcher out of your arms, head, neck….or heck…they just plain bite you through your jeans…..

I was astonished there were not a million little holes incised out of the fabric of our clothing when we got back…!!!

These little electric blue dragonflies were everywhere…….apparently they prey on deerflies….I knew I loved these things…!!!

I had seen these on the websites as I was trying to identify the hedgehog mushrooms that we found on the Bard side trail…….it looked just like someone had peeled a clementine and left it sitting on the log….

Next post will be biking to Dyers Bay