KINGDOM OF LEAVES

Despite the fact that we haven't had a killing frost yet the trees have decided to dump leaves in huge quantities. Home gardening has been dominated by trying to get the leaves out to the curb so that the city can vacuum them. With the big trees in our neighbourhood there are just far too many leaves to consider mulching them.

Then there are the trails. They are buried in leaves. It is a really wonderful sound to go crunchy through them. Some of the trail hazards are hidden by the leaves (especially walnuts!) but it just makes you slow down and enjoy the forest even more.

However it has been really dry, to the point where there was a wildfire in the forest near Oakville Creek (aka 16 Mile Creek). I rode there last week. I hope that the damage isn't too bad. I'll ride out there and take a look. Some rain would be most welcome.

Mike

VIDEOS
Magnetawan ride, on a long semi-abandoned pioneer road called "Plum Tree Road". Real wilderness.
20 minute video on YouTube