Day 22 and 23 - Inglis Falls and Heading North

We did two more walks during the weekends when we didn't have guests at our cottage.  Day 22 was Inglis Falls just south of Owen Sound.  We had to hold up some of the big rocks that looked about to fall

    

Took a break half way through by a nice river.


And then ended up at the falls themselves.


For Day 23 we continued north of Owen Sound toward Wiarton.  Although it was a nice day, I was totally covered to protect myself from  ticks and poison ivy

We had to keep our eyes on the ground to avoid falling into the extremely deep crevices 

And by the end of the walk I was exhausted.  This was our longest walk yet.  15 km according to the Bruce Trail map, 18km according to Fitbit (due to walking up and down the escarpment), and 5 straight hours of walking!!!

 

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