Good evening Steemit.
Today the girlfriend and I went to the Southern tip of Canada.
Yes, the very most Southern part in all of the whole of Canada.
It's a National Park in Southwestern Ontario called
Point Pelee. It's a sizable 15km² of Forest, Beach,
and Marshland. And it's gorgeous.
I remember it as a child. The tip was magnificent, stretching out
for 150 feet into Lake Erie. Today it's a bit worn back compared to
the way it looks on the net.
Here are some of the pictures I took while we were there today.
Canoeing
This is the Marsh.
We've left the dock and have headed into the canoeing path.
Full STEEM ahead.
This is my first time in a canoe by the way. Seriously.
We figured out steering pretty quickly. Although we
did end up in the reeds a few times at first. Hahaha.
They said when we reach this flag that it's time to turn around.
But it opens up into this...
A wide open area of Marshland...
We spent some time there, turned around and headed back.
There was an oncoming wind, so going back was trying...
Red-wing Black Bird #2 - In the reeds.
Making progress back to the start.
Red-wing Black Bird #2, also in the reeds.
Back at the start, where the canoes are docked.
The Marshland Boardwalk
So we decide to walk the marshland boardwalk, a kilometer or more of
floating wooden walk-way in the marsh, that winds around counter
clock-wise and come back near where it starts.
Right away there's another Red-wing Black Bird, so I take a picture.
The walk begins.
Lily pads in the water.
A dragonfly on a lilypad.
More scenery of marshland.
Almost at the halfway point.
Red-wing Black Bird # 4
On the final stretch... muscles are getting sore.
Remember, first time canoeing here, lol.
Red-wing Black Bird #5
Late afternoon Sun. Pretty. Breezy day.
Now here's the funny part. My girlfriend went to grab a willow
from the marsh and fell in. Luckily for her, it was shallow due to
reeds and mud along that portion of the boardwalk so she only
got wet up to her knees. We sat at a bench for 20 minutes to
let her shoes and socks dry and I caught this picture of a wasp
entering it's home within one of the 2x4's in the bench. Due to
the sahde the wasp is only silhouetted.
At the end of the walk there were some baby birds in a nest up
high.
And a final RWBB#6
Now, we journey to the TIP.
But wait, before that we visited the beach. Many beaches
litter the way to the tip. Although it looks pretty, the beach water
was littered with dead fish-flies, something I only found out after
minutes of being in it. Yayyyy...... No.
The Tip
We took a shuttle-bus to the tip, instead of walking this time.
They come every 15 minutes.
Here we are. We've arrived...
Shots from the walk to the point.
To the East...
The point, 2 months ago, used to go about 20 feet past these rocks.
The wind today was crazy. The waves were crashing the water onto
rocks.
Lots of people were there with us.
This is the Southern Point of Canada.
So we headed back... the waves were crashing up onto the rocks
like crazy, spraying walkers-by with mist. It was funny to watch.
Less funny when it happened to you. Indeed.
On the way back we seen some birds by the drop off
centre.
A nest on a phone booth.
Early Evening Sun Shots
Drive home.
Thanks for viewing my post.
I know it was picture heavy but I had a good time.
Got a bit more of a tan, too!
Cheers!
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Thanks
You're welcome.
I'm sure you having a good time...the place indeed looks serene....thanks for sharing the pictures...hope to catch you soon on PAL. :)
It was great, got a lot of Sun and good views.
wow, it is SOOOOOOOO BLUE! Why is it that the sky and ocean are the same color? Interesting coincidence huh ;)
Yeah they meld together it's serene.
Thats awesome, do you live there or were you just visiting? My best friend is from Canada. =D
I've always wanted to vist Canada :) Hopefully one day I will, It looks an awesome place to do some fishing.Neat photos
Fishing is great here. You can do it on the border!
Those photographs look really pretty! Makes me want to visit Canada soon!
Please do. Canada has a lot to see.
Very nice pictures. Following you now. I like to post pictures of my travels around asia myself.
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