Bruce Trail - Grimsby to Winona Conservation, Map 5, 0 to 9.2

 Nic and I were back on the Bruce Trail this past weekend. We had a bit of a bumpy start.

We met at the Winona Conservation Area but it and the road to it were closed for an event. We turned around and left one car back up the road.

We parked the other car in Grimsby and hiked up this steep, slippery slope before we realized we were going in the wrong direction and had done this part before. Doubled back, walked along the road to bypass a closed pedestrian bridge

and looked for access to the trail.

We were starting at km0 of the Iroquoia section.

It was sunny, cool and

the views and fall colours

were lovely.

Unfortunately lots of other people also decided to enjoy it. Some socially distanced but many did not, perhaps assuming that being outside is enough.

We had the trail to ourselves where it got rough. These parts were quite tiring as we constantly had to look down, picking our pole and foot placements on wet leaves and rocks.

We had to climb this hill to get up to the car but we found out what the event was. All these bicyclists were "Everesting"

Everesting is an activity in which cyclists ascend and descend a given hill multiple times, in order to have cumulatively climbed 8,848 metres (the elevation of Mount Everest) from Wiki.

On Fifty Road they had to go up and down 84 times!

We had a late lunch at the restaurant in Grimsby that we ate at before, sitting on the patio,

and enjoyed the food just as much. Potato skins, hot lobster dip with nachos and beet and goat cheese salad.

Then to Serenity Ranch Bed and Breakfast for a hot bath and comfy bed.