Beaver Valley 42.1 km to 56.2 km October 20, 2016

This section starts at the Old Baldy Conservation Area parking lot and 
ends at the Eugenia Falls lookout.

The weather forecast was for rain but fortunately it held off until about 1 pm. 
The temp was around 15 C. 

Todays hikers; Richard; Annamarie; Eric; Bill; Annette; Leslie; Steve, our leader; David and Case.

The Trail heads south from the Old Baldy parking lot.

The Trail follows the Escarpment edge past several excellent outlooks.

We reach the summit of Old Baldy where the Escarpment face is 50 m high.

"Oh that's good, just a couple more steps Richard?"

"Oops ..... "     "Did you get a picture of that?"     "Sure did."

We hike west for 300m along Sideroad 48, turn right and follow the 4th Line A south.

"Quit poking the Puffball Steve."

The Trail turns west along the Artemesia-Euphrasia Townline Road.

"This apple doesn't taste bad, yuk it has half a worm in it."

How much topsoil does it take to get a tree started?

We follow County Road 13 south for a short distance, then turn west, cross a stile
 and head for the edge of rhe secondary Escarpment.

At noon Annette reminds herself not to pack Limburger Cheese for lunch next time.

We pose for a group picture. Unfortunately for Annemarie
 there was a load limit of only six persons on the bridge at one time. 

A pair of surge towers that control the flow of water from Lake Eugenia
to the turbines in the Ontario Power Generating Station in the valley below.

"How much further?"    "Four K." 

This arch and a similar one on the far side of this hill mark the ends of a tunnel that was built by the 
Georgian Bay Power Company in 1906 in an attempt to harness the power of the Beaver River. 
Shortly after its completion the company went bankrupt and  the tunnel was filled in for safety reasons....... 
Speaking of safety, there's always someone....

The brink of Eugenia Falls where the Beaver River drops 30m to the valley below.

The Trail follows the Beaver River upstream for a short distance, crosses a bridge
and follows the river back down to the Eugenia Falls lookout.

It was raining so we took a quick look at the fallls and headed for the cars in the parking lot.
We met at the Tim Hortons in Orangeville for sustenance and headed back to Oakville.

Caledon 15.7 km to 33.8 km October 13, 2016

This section was from 15.7 km at the Dorothy Medhurst Side Trail to 33.8 
at the intersection of Finnerty Road and Innis LakeRoad.

Wonderful hiking weather, tenp about 10 C and mostly sunny.

Biil, Annemarie and Case were dropped off at Brimstone.
Bill and Annmarie needed the section from  km 15.7 to 18.3 where we were met by Steve and David.

We hiked the Dorothy Medhurst Side Trail to km 15.7.
The side trail starts out with a long climb to the top of valley. 

Fantastic fall colours along Puckering Lane

We meet Steve and David at the Escarpment Sideroad km 18.3.
The Trail turns to the left and climbs up the hill.

Puffball trying to hide in the underbrush ....

Beautiful Sumach

The Trail comes back out to the Escarpment Side Road

where we had planned to drop in on Sir Elton, but apparently he wasn't home.

We pass through the pedestrian tunnel under Highway #10.

The Trail turns north on St. Andrew's Road where we pass by the pretty St. Andrew's Stone Church built in 1853.

Lunch break.

Interesting fungi ....
not to be confused with Steve Kelly, known as an interesting 'fun guy'.

The Trail follows the Escarpment Sideroad again and turn north onto Airport Road.

We reach the car at Innis Lake Road, take off our hiking boots and
head to Tim Hortons in Caledon for much refreshments.