Monday morning I was lucky enough to go hiking with a group from Probus. They're not easy to keep up with -- ten of them arrived, complete with walking poles and cameras and a history of hiking every Monday! Good thing there are so many wonderful trails around here! Next week they are off to the Limberlost Forest Reserve; last week, they were on Track and Tower in Algonquin Park!
I took them to the Lookout, which offers a wonderful view at any time of year but especially when the fall colours are coming on so strong. From there, we wound through North Ridge, Slalom, parts of Sugarbush and the back fields before coming back to the resort for a picnic lunch.
It's been a wet autumn, which is good for fungi. Mushrooms were everywhere, cool fungi, vivid colours, even a slime mold that got everyone excited (they don't last very long, so finding them can be tricky!)
We even found an inukshuk of sorts, growing along the trailside!Probus offers an enormously varied selection of activities -- a few weeks ago, I was invited to speak to them about local history. (that will teach them to give me a microphone and ask about the early days! I have a zillion tales, facts, fables... it's all good fun!) One of their activities includes a photo contest, and from the interest shown out in the bush, fungi are going to be a featured item!
We also found woodpecker trees, bear claw marks on the beech trees, this stump that the bear was busy tearing apart, wild sage, and all the other wonderful things the woods and fields have to offer!
A great day, the mist was no detriment and soon blew clear, and everyone enjoyed the hike. Now that they know we're here, and have a Frisbee Golf Course as well as ski and snowshoe trails that are uncrowded and varied, they tell us they'll be back!
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