Mountsberg

We had not been out for a few days, finally we got a free day and decided to walk around the perimeter of the Mountsberg Conservation area, near Milton, Ontario.

The drive takes less around half an hour from our place. We arrived fairly late, around 11 am.  This place has a lot of activities for kids so near the visitors centre there are an area with birds of pray, a large field with bison, a play barn and the lake.  We had taken our grand kids there not long ago and they loved it.

This time was for a serious walk.  We wanted to log 20,000 steps or about 4 hours of walking.  We started with the Lake shore lookout trail (5.2 km) and after lunch we followed the Pioneer trail (6.5km).  To get to the trail head we had to cross a railroad

And then just follow the trail.  It is an easy well maintained trail.  There are some hills but the slopes are gentle.  The day was very nice, around 20 C and cloudy.  Perfect for walking.

This time we found a fair number of tent caterpillars

There are some areas with open spaces

And butterflies

There are signs that fall is coming; the golden rods are out in all their glory

The leaves are starting to change colour

And as usual interesting things to see and beautiful views

We even saw a shy turtle that jump into the pond as soon as he saw us (but I still managed to get his picture)

And of course, there are always pretty flowers.

All in all it was a good day, nice day, good weather a nice and easy place to walk, and we got our 20,000 steps or around 14 km.  And still had time to be home for supper.