28/07: Close Encounters of Deer Kind
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
It's been a fun week. Kayaking on on Monday at Maple Hill, biking with the Probus group on Tuesday, biking around Walkerton on Wednesday and kayaking down the Saugeen on Thursday.
Wednesday's bike ride was uneventful till we were riding on rail trail in Walkerton. A doe and her fawn ran across the trail a few hundred yards in front of us. Just before I arrived a the spot where the deer had cross the trail another deer ran out and crossed the trail. I slammed on my breaks and stopped in time (I probably had loads of time and space but it felt really close). Ed said the bike would definitely had lost out if there had been a collision.
Ed remembered the camera on Thursday's kayak adventure. First thing to do when you kayak down river is to take a vehicle to the end point, in this case about 10 kilometers north of Walkerton. Second this is to drive a second vehicle with the kayaks back to the starting point, in this case Lobbies Park in Walkerton. After putting the kayaks into the river we were on our way ... well almost on our way. Just after Ed's kayak left shore it was grounded --- parts of the river are less than 6 inches deep so it's really easy to get grounded. A couple of pushes with the paddle and Ed was free and floating down the river.
The river is very beautiful and peaceful. During the trip we saw a pair of raccoons at the water's edge, lots of kingfishers, several ducks, some crawfish and some other little fishes. We passed several fly fishermen so there must be trout in the river as well.
Oh, and Canada geese. Not sure what these guys were up to but they seemed to be enjoying standing on the rocks as they didn't move when we floated by.
We stopped for lunch at a bluff and Ed climbed the bluff.
Can't wait to float the next section of the river.
Wednesday's bike ride was uneventful till we were riding on rail trail in Walkerton. A doe and her fawn ran across the trail a few hundred yards in front of us. Just before I arrived a the spot where the deer had cross the trail another deer ran out and crossed the trail. I slammed on my breaks and stopped in time (I probably had loads of time and space but it felt really close). Ed said the bike would definitely had lost out if there had been a collision.
Ed remembered the camera on Thursday's kayak adventure. First thing to do when you kayak down river is to take a vehicle to the end point, in this case about 10 kilometers north of Walkerton. Second this is to drive a second vehicle with the kayaks back to the starting point, in this case Lobbies Park in Walkerton. After putting the kayaks into the river we were on our way ... well almost on our way. Just after Ed's kayak left shore it was grounded --- parts of the river are less than 6 inches deep so it's really easy to get grounded. A couple of pushes with the paddle and Ed was free and floating down the river.
The river is very beautiful and peaceful. During the trip we saw a pair of raccoons at the water's edge, lots of kingfishers, several ducks, some crawfish and some other little fishes. We passed several fly fishermen so there must be trout in the river as well.
Oh, and Canada geese. Not sure what these guys were up to but they seemed to be enjoying standing on the rocks as they didn't move when we floated by.
We stopped for lunch at a bluff and Ed climbed the bluff.
Can't wait to float the next section of the river.