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Hilton Falls Hike

May 8, 2017
Rainwater

Susan and I took the day off Monday. It was our 24th anniversary. Nothing special planned, we went for a hike to Hilton Falls Conservation Area.

The trilliums were in full bloom.

Chloe is getting better on the grated stairs that lead down to the falls viewing area.

With all the rain lately and the spring runoff, the falls were quite impressive, especially compared to the trickle that we have seen in the summer.

Our big camera selfie.

It was a beautiful day.

Chloe was a tired doggie when we got home.

Crawford Lake

July 29, 2016
Rainwater

Today we headed out to Crawford Lake Conservation Area on Guelph Line south of the 401. They have some new wood sculptures on the trails.

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Chloe posing with the salamander.

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And again with the turtle.

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Crawford Lake, we took the trail around the lake.

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A selfie with my wide angle.

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Most of the trail on the one side of the lake is raised boardwalks.

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We found some frogs along the trail.

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More of the wood sculptures.

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They have a reconstructed 15th century Iroquoian village.

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The last time I was here was almost 10 years ago, in October 2006 with Angela’s Grade 3 school trip.

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Chloe was a tired dog when we got home, she even laid down in the backseat on the way home.

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Rattlesnake Point

July 17, 2016
Rainwater

I like how the morning sun catches some of the birds that visit the feeder.

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Today Susan, Gillian, Chloe and I went on a hike at Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area. The weather was perfect, not too hot.

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There is a lot of rock climbers that frequent it.

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The last time we were here was in 2011, the girls and I had come on a PA Day. Chloe didn’t like the grated steps back then, and she didn’t like them going up or down. Here is a video of her going back up the stairs. At least this time she went on her own, last time we ended up carrying her up and down.

Gillian and Susan in a makeshift teepee.

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Trying to get some burrs off of Chloes face.

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We did the Buffalo Crag Lookout trail.

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I can do selfies with my 10-20mm wide angle lens.

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