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Little walks with the people I love

on May 28, 2021

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We are fully taking advantage of spring around here.

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Hespeler Mill Pond to Riverside Park on the Speed 6.72km

Paddled another section of the Speed River on Saturday June 12. We put in at Hespeler Mill Pond, paddled across and portaged around the dam. The lady who runs the rental business thought we were nuts (for the portage bit and then for just attempting to do the Speed when it's so low). We thought it was fine though and had a great time. I only got out once in the 6.72 km paddle to Riverside and I don't think Tim got out at all. It took us an hour and a half. We would have gone all the way to Riverbluffs if we had known how easy it was going to be. I had a great day - Smaller groups feel easier for me than the big groups. The dams were really cool. Seeing the muskrat swimming around us at the end at Riverside near the dam was really neat. He popped up right beside me with a mouth full of plants from the pond and then swam over to a little hole in a tree on the shore.

Glen Morris to Paris Spring Kayak

We had quite the adventure today with Fernando and his family kayaking from Glen Morris to Paris. I had a great day with the kids in the tandem though :) It took us longer than I expected, about 2hrs and 40 minutes for about 12 km. The first mishap was Matthew trying to get Fernando and Miguel unstuck. He must have lost his balance and let his kayak go... and away it went thankfully Tim and Lucy were ahead of him and able to stop his kayak. Jacques didn't navigate the rapids that well in the clearwater and he ended up going over sideways, dumping his kayak and then he let it go too. Matthew and Lucy caught it floating upside down and the kids and I pulled over to shore and Jacques was able to hitch a very rough ride with us to catch up to the others waiting with his kayak. His knees got pretty banged up, I think he was pretty sore. We had just had a conversation about how he is afraid of the water and how much I loved it! It was so u...

Rare hike with Mark and Becky

I met Mark and Becky at the Slit Barn at Rare Saturday May 29th in the afternoon. Mark lead us on an adventure walking through deer trails by the river in fields of stinging nettle. Thank goodness we had pants on! He showed me a few of his favorite spots, one was a giant willow that Tim and I had discovered earlier this spring that someone had made a cool camp out of. Now the camp has pretty much fallen down but there's no garbage or anything lying around so yay :) He also took me down to the West Devil's Creek Waterfall. The flow was minimal but it was covered in cool moss, I'm reading Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer - it's a bit too science-y for me right now but it is cool to appreciate them and understand them more when I look at them.

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