At 9:30am, the temperature was a cold -8, feeling like -14 with the wind chill when our group convened in the parking lot at our hike end point in Niagara-on-the-Lake. There were eight of us in the group. As usual, we left our van at the 7km end point of our hike. We then left Louise and Lance’s car at the Old Firehall Restaurant in St David’s where we …
Our first Bruce Trail weekend warrior adventure began on a cold (-7 degree) day in mid January. Garbed in layers that included long johns, hiking socks, hiking boots, numerous tops and my son’s University Under Armour winter jacket (emblazoned with the Mustangs crest), I was set for a long hike. I was further prepared with a light weight backpack containing a water bottle, extra gloves and liners, a necker …
Every new year I tend to reflect on what I want to accomplish and improve in the upcoming year. This year, I want to spend more quality time with dear friends and family, I want to exercise more, lose weight and explore new places. A few years ago my sister walked the Camino in France and Spain. Besides the beauty of the trails, what she speaks of the most …
The alarm went off at 5:15am and we were on the road to Grand Canyon at 6:15am. After Starbucks, our first stop was The Hoover Dam. After the warmth of Las Vegas, the cold air was a shock. We walked out onto the bridge that looks down on the dam to get some photos. The clocks jumped forward by one hour when we crossed the border from Nevada into …