Turkey Point Walks

 Rick and I are trying to explore new walks around the area, keeping the exercise interesting. At EcoAdventures there was a sign promoting a free App that mapped the mountain bike trails in the area.

Called "Trailforks"

we tried it out while walking in the area just north of Turkey Point Provincial Park

which is riddled with

mountain bike trails.

Aside from the conifers, the only colour remaining was in the different species of moss.

Recent woodpecker activity.

We found that mountain bike trails differ from hiking trails. When you hike the purpose is to get from one point to the next. Mountain bikers, on the other hand, just seem to want to cover as much ground as possible, in big loops that often double back on each other. We took to cutting across, what we saw as, pointless loops.

The App worked well allowing us to

find our way along 3 different trails and a road, back to the car.

 

The next day was partly sunny, with no wind so we decided to have a beach walk.

Rick's family used to have a cottage at Turkey Point and he figured it would take about an hour to walk along the beach and back.

We passed a few other people with the same idea but it was by no means crowded.

I had some fun with my camera

playing with some pictures

of the beach grasses

and a very happy dog

playing "fetch"

in the lake.

Brrrrr

Stopping into the Cider Keg, on Hwy 24, for cider, we lucked into FREE ICE CREAM (they were just trying to get rid of it as it wouldn't be good in the spring). Brrrrrr