This is a chapter from my new book, called Ontario Escapes: 19 Great Places to Visit Right Now. It’s available from Apple Books for just $4.99. DIVERSE AND DELIGHTFUL GREY COUNTY WHAT: Grey County features lovely BnB’s, cute, quiet towns like Meaford and an abundance of beautiful nature, including Georgian Bay shorelines, rugged Niagara Escarpment hikes and tumbling waterfalls. WHERE: Meaford is roughly from 180 kms northwest of Toronto and about 34 kms northwest of Collingwood. GOOGLE MAP COORDINATES: Millhollow B&B, Meaford: JC32+GQ Meaford, Ontario Old Baldy Conservation Area: 9FRJ+QM Kimberley, Ontario Scandinave Spa: GP25+QW The Blue Mountains, Ontario An Read more
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ON THE BRUCE PENINSULA OF ONTARIO – Zane Davies is guiding me on a hike to the Lion’s Head Lookout in Lion’s Head Provincial NatureReserve. “I went to a beach place in Mexico and it was nice,” he tells me as wind our way along the ancient Niagara Escarpment, sunlight slanting through the deep green trees overhead. “But there weren’t any mountains.” Later, after showing me a rock formation that’s basically a hollow, vertical tube with an opening at the top and a space you can crawl into, he tells me he’s also been to the Rocky Mountains of Canada. Read more
