Still back-logged and trying to piece today hikes. I realize that part of the issue is that I've been hiking on Sundays, so I come home exhausted and don't have a rest day before launching into my work week on Monday morning.
Because I had joined JC on where he was on the Blue Mountain section, there was a 14 km section I still needed to do at the beginning. We park at Lavender Cemetery, just shy of the 0.0 marker for the Blue Mountain section.
My IG post from this hike reminds that this is a mosquito heavy hike and that they bit through my clothing. My heart reminds me that this hike took me to Noisy River, where my nephew's ashes were scattered. I had checked in with EW beforehand, with the idea of continuing along the river to his parents' property, home of a private waterfall. I didn't visit on this hike, but I would like to go back one day.
This bridge has been closed for months and I was prepared to simply take off my boots and cross the river the hard way, but the bridge is actually almost intact if you ignore a 3 foot section in the middle.
Rain brings mosquitos, but it also brings mushrooms.
On this hike, I hit the 300 km marker at some point. I've completed one-third of the trail. It was probably at some unremarkable point, so I declare this spot as the 300 km mark.
After we shuttle back to our starting point, we hang out at the cemetery for quite awhile, checking out the gravestones and such.
Stats:
starting near marker 0.0
ending near marker 14.1
total hiked today: 14.1
total Bruce Trail hiked since starting: 300.7 km
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