We Canadians often take our back yards for granted. We take trips around the world and sometimes forget about the places just down the road, or around the corner. My wife and I spent a glorious weekend in the Burlington area recently and found a great, new getaway just a short drive from our house in the big city. We explored trails with fabulous on-high views from the top of the Niagara Escarpment, sampled juicy strawberries fresh from the farm, dined like royalty at a posh hotel on the shores of Lake Ontario, listened to live music in the park, Read more
Niagara escarpment
GREY COUNTY – It doesn’t seem possible. I’ve walked maybe five minutes, past an old apple orchard, through a small meadow dotted with tiny white and purple wildflowers, and then into a hardwood forest of maple, birch, ash and beech trees filled with the soft, filtered light of an early autumn day. Suddenly, my guide for the day stops. “Look over there,” he says. I look out and gaze in wonder. I know my car climbed a reasonably steep hill to get to the Old Baldy/Kimberley Lookout. And I know that the Bruce Trail snakes along the Niagara Escarpment, with Read more
HAMILTON – It had never occurred to me. Like many Ontario residents, and a lot of other folks, I’ve driven along or over the Niagara Escarpment hundreds upon hundreds of times. I’ve always enjoyed gazing up at the rock face and admired the way the escarpment snakes its way through southern Ontario. I’ve skied on it and walked on it and driven over it on countless occasions. But I’d never taken a minute to think about what happens when it rains on the escarpment. Naturally, the water collects in small creeks and streams and even small rivers, right? Just like Read more
