The January weather continues to surprise me with the mild weather and lack of snow.  This is the first January that I have been able to hike the section of the Maitland Trail that I look after between River Line and Sharpes Creek Line.  On our Jan 5th hike themore…

On December 21st fourteen  hikers enjoyed the Lobb trail on a nice sunny day before the blizzard on Friday hit. On the Boxing Day outing the snow was typically just over one foot deep, so snowshoes were needed for the three of us out on the Hullett Sugar Bush trails.more…

Where: Boundary Bridge to Auburn Bridge When: Sunday, January 8th, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. Rating: This is a Level 2, moderately paced hike, expect to take approximately 3.5 hours. This is a make-up end to end hike that was rescheduled due to weather so you still have an opportunity tomore…

On December 16th on the Woodlands Nature trail I saw another fall mushroom on a fallen branch, which was covered with snow a few days later. I could not determine its variety, possibly Turkey tails. A hiker was surprised to learn that white squirrels are seen outside Exeter.  I havemore…

On CBC radio in early December there was a talk on mushrooms.  This surprised me as at this time of year fungi tend to be few and far between.   On my recent hikes, I made an effort to find fungi, which made me realize that I have never seen fungimore…

I have recently noticed when hiking, that I have rarely seen any birds, except for some crows at Bannockburn Tract and during drives to the trails.  When I first came to Huron County I noticed one big difference between the Voyageur Trail and here.  I nearly always saw or heardmore…

On December 1st  four of us hiked the Maitland Trail at the Auburn end and on the Robertson Tract trails.  There was just a thin layer of snow. We disturbed a bird- probably a grouse.  On the drive back on Base Line I saw a sick raccoon. It probably hadmore…

With the arrival of snow the Tuesday Trompers have gone onto their usual winter schedule of alternating between hiking the Maitland Woods trail and the Sifto/GART trails. December 6th is scheduled for the Sifto loop and December 13th the Maitland Woods.  However if conditions change the hike may be atmore…

That was quite a change on Sunday November 12th with Winter’s arrival.  In the Clinton area there was about six inches of snow that caused many shrubs , and cedars to hang down over the trails.  The challenge was to hike the trails without getting too much snow down themore…