Days 37-45 Nine Hikes in Eight Months

 I can't believe it has been eight months since my last post.  Over that time we have continued the south section of the Bruce from home during the winter, and continued the north section near Owen Sound from the cottage in the summer.  This map shows in yellow how much we have covered so far.


We have covered over 40% of the total trail, about 360 km according to the Bruce Trail maps but closer to 430 km according to our Fitbit.  The south section took us through Glen Haffy conservation area all the way up to Hockley Valley, and the north section took us through Bass Lake all the way to Kemble Mountain.  Here is a few pics.

    






Soon we wiil take a brief break from the Bruce to fly to Peru and do a five day hike over the Salkantay Pass to Machu Picchu (74 km at 14,000 feet).  Assuming we survive it, we'll be back on the Bruce.  In January Brian is cutting back to work just 3 days per week, so hopefully we'll be able to increase the frequency of our hikes in 2023.

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