Many Dace Lake area 2025 05 12

 Monday morning

May12, 2025

nine people

Jean-Guy and his harem

setting out from the bank

driving north of town

finding the shared use ATV trail

following it to Many Dace Lake

a timely peek into the old pit area

caught a sandhill crane off guard

as she quietly flew overhead

we got back on the trail

a lonely trout lily

first spotted alone

not far away

was a group of friends

another peek at the pit

a pileated woodpecker

announced

 our presence

an empty water bottle

was retrieved

otherwise

very little litter was seen

the crunch of the leaves

the warmth of the sun 

a peaceful chat and break

at the lake

11:50 found us

back where the cars were parked

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Mt Victoria 2025 05 08

 What can I say... great weather, great group, great scenery AND a birthday. Thanks to all 10 of you who came out to support the hike and to Ruth, Renee and Walt for the awesome pics.

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Hike Leaders Meeting Tues May 20th 2025 05 07

 Good afternoon, two quick notes about the upcoming Hike Leaders mtg, the first is that the meeting will begin at 6pm ( not 630pm ) in order to make sure all necessary Hike Leader business gets looked after on time before the start of the reg General mtg which begins at 7pm.

The second thing to mention is that all hike leader waiver sheets need to be handed in at this meeting, so please make sure to bring them to the meeting with you, thanks.

Banana Lake 2025 05 06

 Dave led the hike for 6 of us out to Banana Lake. parked on Dunlop Shores and then 500 yards to the trail head.

Up the hill, following a large moose,, turned on the atv trail to the entrance to Liz's trail. Follow along, fiord the creek, circumnavigate puddles and on to the bench and lookout.

Nice chat and rest, listened to birds, had a snack and sips.

Retraced our steps, easier as we had removed 5 small deadfalls from the path.

Warm day, down to t-shirt again, spit of rain to cool down the squnterers. Safely back and Eva found the lost tip of my walking stick.. thanks.. led to a long discussion of plumb bobs.

2.25 hours. about 8,000 steps..

lots of moose tracks, birds singing, grouse drumming, water walkers on the ponds. odd patches of snow hanging on, maple and birch leafing out.. spring..

Don took a couple of shots..

Ryan Lake hike 2025 05 05

 May 5 Hike

9 hikers led by Jean Guy took to the golf course to hike around Ryan Lake. It was a beautiful sunny day that welcomed one new hiker. She had researched the group and attended the information session on Saturday at Colins Hall. The sun shone bright and the birds chirped. Jackets slowly came off. Eva upped her golf game and only collected coloured balls. She found 4. Judy M picked up a full bag of garbage with the help of the other hikers. Quick snack break on some rocks while we posed for pictures. All in all its a great day to be alive!!

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A big thank you 2025 05 04

 The Social Committee would like to thank the following volunteers for your time manning the Coureurs de Bois table at both the Seniors Expo on Thursday and the City Showcase yesterday.  Your contribution was greatly appreciated: Donna Condon, Shirley Young, Camilla Caughlin, Heber Davis, David Nesbitt, Rosemary Ramsay, Astrid Turner, Ruth Tucker, and Dianne Hollinger.

Thanks to Don for setting up and taking down the supplies.

The Social Committee

Upcoming events

 Upcoming events.. May 10th will be the highway cleanup. Meet at the bank as usual.

May 15th will be a hike to The Cup and Saucer Trail. We will leave from the bank at 9:00 AM. possibly earlier if everyone agrees.

Chutes hike 2025 04 28

 Warm sunny day found me leading my postponed hike to the Chutes.

13 headed to Massey and parked at the gates. Following the deiced trails down to the cataract, the sound guided us along..

Literally Awesome. Thundering currents leaping and twisting, pounded down the channel/falls.

We wended our way north along the swirling river to the small bridge to the island, then on t the second bridge for rest stop and snack.

Group decided to go down the east side to the last viewing stand and we did that.. the trail was rocky and rooty..but dry.

A well rewarded group returned, cameras full of memories, to the cars and the ride home..

about 5km hike, warm, sunny day, warmer, sunnier hikers

Great day in the north..

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Apologies for the late post 2025 04 26

 First off I'd like to apologize to Dave Nesbitt and anyone else who did not see the late posting of todays postponed hike to the Chutes, I should have put the post up earlier but did not get that done. Hopefully that will not scare anyone off from going on tomorrows Hike to the Chutes, 10am at the Bank.

Announcement 2025 04 26

 Todays out of town hike to the Chutes has been postponed till tomorrow April 27th due to the rainy weather