We spent last weekend up near Sudbury for Taylor and Kim's wedding. It was a beautiful wedding and the natural setting suited the extremely outdoorsy and athletic couple perfectly. Everyone had a great time. The leaves have already turned up there, and we had the opportunity to carve out a couple of trail runs while we were in the area to enjoy the rugged beauty.
Here are a few pics of the running parts of the weekend, featuring Grundy and Mashkinonje Provincial Parks. The parks are in the category of Near North, and it sure felt a lot more north than we are (in a good way). Grundy had a couple of very pretty short loops that were perfect after a long day of driving to stretch out the legs and back. Mashkinonje is a new park, and the trails are still so untrodden in some places that the moss underfoot was inches thick. My shoes sunk in like it was snow. I felt kind of bad for stepping in it, but it was a treat to run in such a single-track heaven. Justin joined us for this run, and we all had a lot of fun. Neither park was very hilly like nearby Killarney Prov Park is, which I was happy about because I'm not quite recovered enough for that yet.
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| Beaver Dams Trail, Grundy PP |
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| Swan Lake Loop, Grundy PP |
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| Swan Lake looking very pretty |
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| Mashkinonje Provincial Park Trails (Click for high res version) |
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| Justin and Derrick cruise through the moss on Heron Trail, Mashkinonje PP |
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| Bogalicious |
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| Moss or snow? |
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| Peeking out at the West Arm of Lake Nipissing |
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| They aren't currently trail running, but I couldn't resist. |
2 comments:
lot's of driving, but a very fun weekend!
Love the albino moss pics(the cauliflower of moss. I mash up cauliflower and pretend it is potatoes).
How was Justin "Running with the Wild" Derrick? Everyone else seemed to mangage to keep their shirt on(I assume?);-)
I am so happy for Taylor and Kim. They looked blissfully happy:-)
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