We had the great pleasure of greeting our first guest in the airstream. Our favourite Emily drove up to spend the day with us out on the trails. I hope she enjoyed it as much as we did.
It was a beautiful day….high of 24 degrees, unlike the horrific high 30’s plus humidity in Southern Ontario. We proposed the Dyers Bay South to Devils monument trail. This took us back to the rock with the rope that we stopped at on our previous trip to the Devils Monument……(our first experience on the Georgian Bluffs…..and pre-hiking boot purchase stage…!!!)
This image was taken from the free version of the Alltrails app , https://www.alltrails.com/?ref=header ……I’m seriously thinking about subscribing to it for the three bucks and change per month. This may become a future post……anyone who has any experience of it…would love to hear from you……
So…back to Dyers Bay we go…and I would have to say…Emily was suitably impressed by some of the inclines along the google mostly flat road…(re attempted wificide….. https://osteopraxisontheroad.movie/2021/07/02/june-30th-dyers-bay-bike-ride-aka-failed-attempt-at-wificide/ )
Emily’s Inukshuk…!!
Then back up to the Bruce Trail.
There were a few nerve wracking (for me) stops along the cliff edge….
She’s such a brat……love her dearly…!!!
We couldnt figure out how the kayaks managed to get into the water here….beautiful shot tho……
Devils Monument again…….this time we went all the way down to the shore…..to the spot where we had seen the kayaks further back…….its truly beautiful….tho a little busier..ie there were other humans there…!!!
and of course…the rock that we stopped at the last time…!!!
OOOOOoooo…another side trail….promising glacial potholes….how are we supposed to resist…….sign says its 730 meters…….if you were walking on a flat road…that would not be far……..
There were many cries of “are we there yet?”……mostly from me….!!!!
You don’t really get the sense of scale from the photographs…….its hard to imagine something so big and perfectly round and smooth being formed naturally…..impressive…
Back to the last unrelenting hike (slog!) to the truck.
What you don’t really get from the pictures……is that its not just the challenging bits we take pictures of…..the trail is unrelentingly challenging all the way…..hence the 3.2 km/h pace…..certainly on the peninsula portions of the Bruce that we have experienced…..thats what makes it so much fun….!!!
Time for a plunge in the lake……guy in the water said it was about 67F……it was brisk is all I will say…….
OsteoPraxis on the road 
Hi Mho,
Dan has the alltrails app and really likes it. He used it in Nova Scotia when bush crashing, helped he and a friend find their way out! The one feature he particularly likes is the ability to download a route and then if you don’t have internet you are all set. There are lots more features, some learning curve but overall he gives it rave reviews.
Happy hiking!
Sue
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Thanks Sue…..thats exactly what I want to hear about it…😊.
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Truly one of my favourite areas of the peninsula, and the Bruce Trail…I think Emily may be me of MANY years gone by (and Scott lying on the edge) – it’s just too tempting to go to the brink. Lol. So great that you’re having so much time on the Bruce – not many folks take so many days (weeks) to really experience it.
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Emily would add sparkle to your lives.
Jan
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yes…she always does…….!!!😊🌞
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