Wednesday, 27 September 2017

ROUGE BEACH AND MORE

34 members met at the Rouge Hill Go Station and crossed the tracks to begin today's hike



Jim Mallon was the leader on another hot and humid day


Jim explained the route which included Rouge Beach, Petticoat Creek and Frenchman's Bay etc


The majority of the route was along the Waterfront Trail


While walking by the shore we enjoyed the breeze off the lake


Spot the "no no"?



At Rouge Beach we paused for a water break and met up with a further 6 members 



Crossing the bridge over the river estuary


We then entered into the region of Pickering


The club has an unwritten rule that members stay behind the leader otherwise they must lead a future hike. Can you recognize the new leaders?


They soon got back behind Jim


This is more like it, off the paved path and into the bush


Our destination off in the distance, a "Power Lunch"




Back on the path in time for another water break



After some road walking we re-entered the trail. Hikers in their "Golden Years" are seen wandering through a meadow of "Goldenrod"


Pausing for a photo


Heading towards our lunch 


Passing Frenchman's Bay


Lunch on the Beach




Three "Likely Lads"


Expecting rain!


"To eat or not to eat" that is the question


Mohammad talking to "ET"


What's this about?


Cooling off in the water


Rosemary's shows Patricia her impression of a Flamingo


Off he goes


And off we go with Doris dancing in the water


We stop for Jim to show the route we've taken on the map as we enter into Frenchman's Bay West Park



After a short detour along the bay and back, we  retraced our steps back to the Go Station with the "Sicily Sisters" up front



I was unable to go to the pub due to a logistics issue of getting there and back to the Go Station, however, Evelyn kindly provided these envious pictures. 


Two old Dogs


One Irish Sitter




Their smiling faces are proof of a most enjoyable day with a big thanks to Jim

























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