Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Near North

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.

Beaver Dams Trail, Grundy PP



Swan Lake Loop, Grundy PP

Swan Lake looking very pretty


Mashkinonje Provincial Park Trails (Click for high res version)


Justin and Derrick cruise through the moss on Heron Trail, Mashkinonje PP

Bogalicious

Moss or snow?

Peeking out at the West Arm of Lake Nipissing



They aren't currently trail running, but I couldn't resist.


2 comments:

Derrick said...

lot's of driving, but a very fun weekend!

Eliza Ralph-Murphy said...

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:-)