Iroquoia #1; Grimsby 0.0 km to Lewis Road Acsess 11.1 km; April 5, 2019

 We hiked this section from Lewis Road back to Grimsby

 Today's hikers; Sandra; Brian; Nancy; Stephen our leader;

 Marleen; Fran; Annette; Ron; Eric; Isaac; Stefan and Case

 We make our way along the Lewis Road access Trail ...

 and meet the Bruce Trail half way up the escarpment.

 Yep, your right Brian, it's broke !

 We make our way towards the crest of the Escarpment

 The view from the top, looking north towards Lake Ontario 

A migrating Turkey Vulture keeps an eye on us.

 We lunch at the Beamer Conservation Area where local birders are 

currently monitoring the annual migration of hawks, eagles, 

falcons, and vultures over the Niagara Escarpment

 Heading back down the Escarpment

 An early sign of spring greets us ....
Tussilago farfara (or in the vernacular, Coltsfoot)
 - leaf infusion supposedly good for a cough (thanks Ron)

 Forty Mile Creek rushes down the Escarpment to Lake Ontario

Congratulations to Sandra for completing the Iroquoia Section.

Toronto #1 Section: Kelso Parking Lot to Speyside; March 28, 2019

 We hiked this section from Pear Tree parking lot back to Kelso

The temp was good, just 4-5 C and encountered a few sparse showers.

 Today's hikers; Case; Brian; Annette; Fran; Marleen; Eric; Michael; Sandra 
and our leader Steve.

 50 meters into the hike ... icers required

 "See any bobcats down there Brian ?

 To hazy today to see Toronto

 We cross the bridge at Dufferin Aggregates, Milton Quarry.

 Keep moving Sandra, it's just a dead tree ...

 Last year I took a picture of the Hiker's Guardian Angel

Unfortunately she never made it through the winter.

 This was to be our 'Bridge Picture'... 

not everyone had confidence in the bridge's ability to hold more than one.

We head under the 401 towards the cars in the Kelso parking lot

Iroquoia #10 Crawford Lake 105.5 km to Kelso Cons Area 120.1* km; Mar 21, 2019

* Today's hike went along the 'Detour' route since the Kelso Cons. Area was closed 
due to tree cutting and the ski lopes still being open. We hiked approx 10 km.

 Today's hikers; Case; Eric; John; Annette; Sandra; Marleen;

 Nancy; our leader Steve; Michael; Brian; Rob and Stefan.

 The weather was foggy, but no actual rain and about +3C

 There was still a lot of ice but it was getting soft.

 At a Scenic Lookout ??

 Some one asked what would make those big holes in the tree?

A Pileated Woodpecker. Compare his size to the Downie Woodpecker.

After this we had about 2.5 km of road walking to the parking lot.