What the fuck am I doing?
I have taken on this ridiculous project as a solo person during a pandemic.
There are no trail angels as the pandemic continues. There are no hiking buddies on this journey with me. The Bruce Trail FB group is full of couples and friend groups and it is depressing as fuck. How nice it must be to have someone waiting to pick you up at the end of the trail, instead of spending $20 on an uber to get you back to your car.
It's just me. Like always. Just me.
There was a big storm six days before this hike, particularly bad in this specific area. So, there were a lot of downed trees.
This made the trail hard to navigate in some spots, climbing over big trees at some part. Around marker 45.9, I was joined by a number of birds, including blue jays and a cardinal. Down the hill I could see an alpaca farm and shortly after that I saw my first white-tailed deer. Not far from there I came across a dead deer mouse.
This portion took me down into a beautiful ravine.
I find a curious little find here, which I later identify as a Hen of the Woods fungi. I'm told they're both edible and can be used as a dye.
Again, I didn't plan well and where I thought I would turn around, there was not the parking lot I had envisioned. I saw that there was Uber service in the area (and I was tired as fuck from the terrain - I have no idea how to figure out what the elevation is going to be on these hikes), so I walked through Louth Conservation Area, past another dry waterfall, and to a parking area where I could leave my car next time.
starting near marker 43.6
ending near marker 52.2
total hiked today: 8.6 km
total hiked since starting: 52.2 km
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