Training Log Archive: coach ld

Goose showed me a new trail he "discovered" one day on a ride to Alliston. The Beattie Pinery Nature Reserve is just south of Alliston and was donated by a family who owned a farm there. They had left an area along the north side of the Nottawasaga, south side of the 13 Line, as forest and didn't farm it. It's a beautiful mixed forest with very impressively tall pines that you don't see too many places in southern Ontario. It was a flat trail but very pretty.

It was a relatively cool day after a hot week. Quite grey and windy. Great day for us each to solo a canoe:). At least we took a barrel each filled with water to put ballast in the bows. Since the prov. parks are still free until Monday we drove up to Alliston to paddle the Nottawasaga there. We headed north up the north channel into a very strong and gusty headwind. We weren't very straight or fast! Had a bit of rain and then turned around a little ways out of the park boundary and flew back to the beach area. We explored a channel on the west side we'd never been up before and it was nice and sheltered. Eventually it narrowed and got very winding but it was fun to see a new place.

deed:
- got Susie out for a walk this morning
- sent my nephews a pizza:)