A Nice Walk ( with photos )

Twostep said:
Patty is this walkable from your house or do you need to drive there?
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Most of our walks we drive to. If it were closer I wouldn’t be taking pictures. We have some closer walks we don’t need to drive to but I’d be outting myself if I posted them. We have some nice walks in walking distance to our house. I just don’t share them here. The cows are walkable from the house.
 

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Today we walked on the nature trail at the park. It was bright , sunny and 12 degrees.
The dogs loved it as did we. Here are some photos.
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We met up with another older couple walking on the dirt road. It was a lovely walk today.

Have a nice day everyone.
 
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Today we had to go into the city to purchase a few things so we did our usual forest walk. We met a lone runner and a lone woman with a newly clipped labradoodle. It was at the end of our walk so the lady stopped and waited for us to get into the car with our youngest barking the entire time. What a nice thing to do. We thanked her.

On the way back home we stopped to get some black earth so we can top up our raised beds. It was only $1.88 per 20 pound bag @ Walmart. We also picked up some groceries so I could make an omelette for lunch. Actually we just finished having it. It was a ham and cheese omelette.

Here’s some pictures of our walk from today. We stopped to get photos of the highland furry cows. They have a huge parcel of land to wander over but some of them were resting near the road. There’s six of them altogether. They look like they are caged in but they aren’t. They are free range cows. lol!

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PeppermintPatty said:
Today we had to go into the city to purchase a few things so we did our usual forest walk. We met a lone runner and a lone woman with a newly clipped labradoodle. It was at the end of our walk so the lady stopped and waited for us to get into the car with our youngest barking the entire time. What a nice thing to do. We thanked her.

On the way back home we stopped to get some black earth so we can top up our raised beds. It was only $1.88 per 20 pound bag @ Walmart. We also picked up some groceries so I could make an omelette for lunch. Actually we just finished having it. It was a ham and cheese omelette.

Here’s some pictures of our walk from today. We stopped to get photos of the highland furry cows. They have a huge parcel of land to wander over but some of them were resting near the road. There’s six of them altogether. They look like they are caged in but they aren’t. They are free range cows. lol!

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Thanks for sharing your photos and the people you meet, @PeppermintPatty ! I feel I am there, walking with you.
 
palides2021 said:
Thanks for sharing your photos and the people you meet, @PeppermintPatty ! I feel I am there, walking with you.
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You’re welcome @palides2021
I hope people who read my posts feel like they are there with me. That’s my intention so thank you for mentioning that.

Today we went to the ATV trail beside the river. We found a beaver( s ) house on the water.
IMG_8696.jpegI wished we would have seen the beaver (s) who built it but we had no such luck. Maybe another day we might. My husband says he often runs into beavers when he’s fishing for trout. He says that they slap their tails down on the water and chase all the fish away so he isn’t too fond of them. Lol

Here’s a waterfall made by the river .
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I like the sound of water flowing. It’s so soothing. My husband points out all the places trout would be in the river.

Here is a small bunch of wild flowers next to the river.

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Here is the trail itself. We walked a total of 4 kilometres and saw nobody. Then again we’ve never seen people walking along this path; only atv drivers and even that isn’t often.
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Today was sunny and 18 degrees. We went into town to pick up some more top soil for our raised beds. We didn’t meet anyone today. It was a really nice walk. Unfortunately I didn’t take many pictures.
I was preoccupied thinking about the strange dreams I had the night before.
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This is the city we drive to, to get to this walk. We shopped afterwards on sales items. Giant Tiger has a great deal on skinless, boneless chicken breast. There’s a limit of 3 per person so we got some the other day as well as today.

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Have a wonderful day..
 
Hey Patty. The beavers use that "tail slap " as a warning to the others in their clan, that humans are around the Lodge. Beaver Lodges all ways have 2 different underwater entrances so they can go in and out while submerged. Beaver teeth grow continually during their life, so they have to keep working at cutting down trees and branches, which they use to build their Lodges and water control dams.

The Beaver was so important to Canada's primary economy that it is featured on our Five Cent coin. Beaver pelts were worth a fortune in our early days as a trading item. The Courier Du Bois ( the woods runners ) travelled great distances to the North West from Montreal, to trade with the Natives for furs. Big 40 foot cargo canoes, with 6 or 8 paddlers made the long river and lake journeys to meet at western trading posts. The furs were exchanged for European trading goods, like iron tools, blankets, pots and the like. A bale of Beaver pelts was at one time, a type of currency item. The pelts were shipped to Europe, where they were made into hats, coats and lady's muffs. JIM.
 
We did about 6 kms of walking yesterday , it was pleasant till we got caught in a very heavy downpour twice ,
ended up standing in the font of of police station, who had a bit of a verandah ..to shelter under

In the rush to get walking back I forgot to turn in my walk app on my phone ....did it after we found shelter under police station verandah ….
So it’s shows only 3.26 km waking to tweed heads ….2.3 walking back ( uphill)

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jimintoronto said:
Hey Patty. The beavers use that "tail slap " as a warning to the others in their clan, that humans are around the Lodge. Beaver Lodges all ways have 2 different underwater entrances so they can go in and out while submerged. Beaver teeth grow continually during their life, so they have to keep working at cutting down trees and branches, which they use to build their Lodges and water control dams.

The Beaver was so important to Canada's primary economy that it is featured on our Five Cent coin. Beaver pelts were worth a fortune in our early days as a trading item. The Courier Du Bois ( the woods runners ) travelled great distances to the North West from Montreal, to trade with the Natives for furs. Big 40 foot cargo canoes, with 6 or 8 paddlers made the long river and lake journeys to meet at western trading posts. The furs were exchanged for European trading goods, like iron tools, blankets, pots and the like. A bale of Beaver pelts was at one time, a type of currency item. The pelts were shipped to Europe, where they were made into hats, coats and lady's muffs. JIM.
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Thanks for the beaver history Jim. I figured it must be some type of warning to other beavers. Beavers don’t eat fish. Your posts reminded me of my history class where we learned all of this. Canada 🇨🇦 and its trading posts. Beavers were a big part of trading within Canada. I did a school project on the subject which was fun.
 
Hey @Kadee. It looks like my rain dances for you are working out. Lol. That’s quite a long walk you two went on. Drying off at the police station sounds like a real treat. Are you still out there travelling? How was dancing? 💃 🕺
 
Your first pic of the waterfall in the stream looks like a great spot for brook trout ;) I bet there's similar streams all over Nova Scotia as there was in New Brunswick, where I spent part of my childhood. My Dad used to take me fishing for brook trout in very similar streams when I was a young boy. I'll remember those trips forever. They were so special to me as a youngster. Tramping through the woods ducking tree limbs and brush to get to what seemed like an untouched stream; I loved those trips 😍 And of course nothing tastes better than fresh caught brook trout, rolled in flour & fried in some butter ...so good!
 
PeppermintPatty said:
Hey @Kadee. It looks like my rain dances for you are working out. Lol. That’s quite a long walk you two went on. Drying off at the police station sounds like a real treat. Are you still out there travelling? How was dancing? 💃 🕺
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Yep we won’t get home till about 25th June …will be leaving here about 21st June , however we are moving
next Friday to a different location about 30 km from where we are now ….simply cause we can’t offord $500 a day for accommodation ….paying $150.00 a day now ….
This area has a huge rock n roll festival stating soon and they jack up rents for around 2 weeks prior to and after the
3 day festivities …..that will a real,photo time ….lots of 1960’s cars like Elvis Presley had ….people dressed in Rock n roll skirts / men in fancy shirts …..we will come have a look …
Feature Shows - Cooly Rocks On Festival
 
Kadee said:
Dancing was great …we danced 3 days this week at 3 different locations ….as well as doing that long walk

I’ve got a photo of Palm beach venue …the one I already posted is Twin Towns
They used to have dancing twice a week …now only once a month sadly , I always love the live music

This is palm beach …venue …Notice no one dresses up for ballroom dancing now days …CD music @PeppermintPatty


Coolangatta seniors have dancing on 3 times a week ..+ lessons
didnt take a photo but it’s very much like palm beach venue
Activities Program - Coolangatta Senior Citizens Centre
its called new Vogue and old time dancing we do

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You sure are getting plenty of fun exercise Kadee. Do you dress up when you go dancing? My parents always dressed up when they went dancing and have to admit they liked pretty good. They dressed really well together. I was proud of them.
I hope you have many years of dancing left.
You two make a lovely couple.
 
MrPants said:
Your first pic of the waterfall in the stream looks like a great spot for brook trout ;) I bet there's similar streams all over Nova Scotia as there was in New Brunswick, where I spent part of my childhood. My Dad used to take me fishing for brook trout in very similar streams when I was a young boy. I'll remember those trips forever. They were so special to me as a youngster. Tramping through the woods ducking tree limbs and brush to get to what seemed like an untouched stream; I loved those trips 😍 And of course nothing tastes better than fresh caught brook trout, rolled in flour & fried in some butter ...so good!
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Hi Mr. Pants. Thanks for visiting my walking thread and joining in.
My husband also said that the waterfall would be a great place to catch brook trout. He says his favourite trout to catch and eat are sea run brook trout. They feed off of grass shrimp so are reddish -orange inside.
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My husband also said that trout like tea coloured cold water rivers and streams. Being his wife, I’ve picked up a lot tid bits about fishing.

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