Trail Walking

*March, march, march ahead. A group of 25 of us filled up our water bottles and met at the sports marquis on the island. We were then on our way to do some trail walking.
We followed our leader through the path, down the sandy beach and then in a really grassy area.




The scenery was really nice, I took picture after picture. We climbed a steep hill and then stopped at the wild grape leaves. She talked about them and showed us the different kinds of leaves. We even saw some grapes hanging on the tree. I don’t know if I would want to eat them considering they are called wild grape leaves. She also talked about the different kinds of wild flowers that were in sight and took time explaining that we call dandelions “weeds” but to birds and small animals they are food and very important. Let’s think of that next time we go and cut down the dandelions and weeds forming in our front or backyard. In Windsor there is like literally fields of dandelions on the farm lands.

We walked a little farther and then stopped to talk about the swallow bird houses. Guelph Lake Conservation Area is full of them all around the empty fields. I don’t think there is one person that didn’t see at least in the 10 days we were there and we were probably wondering what they were for. The Swallow numbers are declining through Ontario. So the ministry of Environment has put the houses in conservation areas hoping that the birds will come back and nest. There were many boxes just where we were, and it was an open field.


She talked some more about the wildlife and nature out in the field, and then we started to head back to where we started. We stopped for a break on the beach, took the time to introduce each other and swap a few things.

Then it was time to head back to our tent. This is where we learned that the walk from the mainland to the island was only 2km and not 3km like we thought it was. We stopped at the tent and waited for our next session to start. It was a very interesting and a fun experience.