Iroquoia #8; Guelph Line 82.3 km to Mt. Nemo 91.7 km; January 24, 2019

 Good day for hiking, temp around 0C

No snow of rain although the it was threatening early on.

 A bit slushy in places 

 A fair bit of road walking in this section

 We start the ascent of Mount Nemo

 Nearing the summit

Are we there yet ?

 The summit was successfully attained by the following hikers ....

Case; Karen; Arpi; Marleen; Isaac; John; Rob; Annette; Brian; Ann; Sandra; 

Steve, our expedition leader; Eric and Stefan or sweep and flag bearer.

On a clear day you can see Toronto.

I gotta sit for a few minutes before I take these damn boots off !

Niagara #2 from Woodend Cons. Area at 15.2 km; to Decew House at 29.8 km; Jan 17, 2018

 A very interesting hike taking us past several iterations of the

 Welland Canal from it's conception in 1824 to the present day.

 We crossed Taylor Road clamoured over a stile and took off into the woods 

alongside the Royal Niagara Golf Club.

 The temp started out about -10C but no wind, excellent for hiking.

 Time to put on the icers.

 Hey Richard .... was this Welland Canal #1 ?

 The 3rd Welland Canal locks 1887-1931

 The current, and 4th Welland Canal, drained for winter maintenance.

Locks 4, 5 & 6. under going winter maintenance 

 Locks of the 2nd Welland Canal, started in 1841 as a 

rebuilding of the first canal 

The Lock Master's House  ... and below

The Lock Master's favourite coffee shop.

Today's hikers; Case; Stefan;Steve, our leader; Helgy; Mike; Ron; John; Karen; 

Arpi; Bill; Marleen; Ann; Fran; Rob; Rhonda 

and kneeling Eric; Brian; Sandra  and our new hiker Isaac.

 

Just a Walk in the Woods

Lake Moody

 A gaggle of geese

It just wasn't possible to assemble 19 hikers for the traditional bridge shot.

Niagara #1 from the Cairn 0.00 to Entrance to Woodend Cons. Area 15.2 km; Jan 10, 2018

 

 We hiked from Taylor Road at the the West end back to the 

Cairn at Queenston Heights.

 There was a cold wind from the northwest but once we got into the

 woods it was much better

 We didn't do it !

 Steve playing Tarzan

 The "Screaming Tunnel"

 This bridge was built with the co-operation of the Ministry of Transportation 

and Canadian National Railway 

and was jointly funded by the Province of Ontario, 

the Region of Niagara and Bruce Trail donors. 

 We can see the Niagara River from here

 Sandra and Bill kneeling; Helgy; John G; John N; Arpi; Ann; Brian; Ron; 
Steve our leader; Rhonda; Marleen; Annette; Eric Christine and Case