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Season 1, Episode 17 : “Devil’s Glen – Freedom Rock” PART ONE
We began our journey on HWY 9 where we left off a few weeks earlier. It was a gorgeous sunrise and the leaves were beginning to change – with a 25C degree day in October we …
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Season 1, Episode 17 : “Devil’s Glen – Freedom Rock” PART ONE
We began our journey on HWY 9 where we left off a few weeks earlier. It was a gorgeous sunrise and the leaves were beginning to change – with a 25C degree day in October we knew were in for a treat. Everything looked amazing the entire day as you will see, with glowing fields and golden autumn colours backed against a clear blue sky.
Field walking to start the day and weaving in and out of woodlots and road sections to eventually make it to the Transcarioca / Bruce Trail Friendship trail where beauty abounds and the apples were ripe and plentiful.
More pleasant road sections led up to Nottawasaga Bluffs Conservation Area where things got very interesting. We first took the short, and highly recommended, Keyhole Side Trail which led to a network of spectacular crevasses, and ultimately deep into the bowels of the Earth as we did some caving.
We took the long way around the Conservation Area walking through diverse environments – meadows, cedar forest, glowing autumnal deciduous trees, and eventually, the fantastic lookout where we ate lunch and gazed out over the vast and colourful rolling hills below.
After lunch we took another side trip to explore the fascinating “Freedom Rock”.
For more information on “Freedom Rock”, it’s history, and location, check out this great article : https://people.ryerson.ca/valliere/fr...
“Individualist Are Diamonds”, “Try”, and “Do Good” are a few of the interesting carvings etched so long ago in the escarpment rock.
The day got better as we made our way along the escarpment ridge then deep down into Devil’s Glen where the Mad River flows. Of course, when you descend into a deep river valley you also have to climb up and out the other side. Whew!
We caught some incredible views through the trees of the Mad River Valley and where we had came from, as the sun shone during the golden hour of the day on the great majesty below.
We pushed a bit further to Conc 10 where we ended the day just as the sun was setting,
Sunrise to Sunset on the trail – a well lived day.
Details:
Bruce Trail Reference Guide Maps: 21-22
Total Bruce Trail Map Distance : 28 km plus side trails
Step Counter Distance 32 km
Music from the Episode:
“Backstabber” from the retro archives.
“Glad You Have Come”, and “Pray For Rain” from the album Steve Welch 2019
And “Pebble In A Stream” from the retro archives
Intro : “Things Are Happening” and “Alive Healthy and Free” from the album Upland
Outro : “Algorithm” from the album Upland
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