On Saturday September 20, Tim Grace, Brandon Meyers and I left to go spend some time outdoors. We visited two areas, Limehouse Conservation Area, and the Cheltenham Badlands. The hike at Limehouse was the longer of the two places we visited, as we walked along one of the trails there for a good couple of hours. There was a lot of stuff to see there, some of it was man made, as we got to look at a few sealed up lime kilns, as well as ruins of older buildings that only had a bare traces of their existence left. Yet what God had created was what made the hike worthwhile. There were a couple places were we were up high, being able to look down a good distance, seeing the forest below. A river along with rapids flowed noisily along, giving us all a lot of opportunities to get some nice pictures, on our way back, you could hear this one spot from a good distance away. The pinnacle though of this area, was a rock formation known as the “Hole in the Wall” where the trail actually lead down into a small sections of caves, where we spent a lot of time, just exploring around and taking pictures.

The second area we visited was the Cheltenham Badlands. It was a visually amazing place as it stands out in stark contrast to everything else surrounding it. The entire ground around the area was a dark red, as it was definitely an area at which had been eroded by water a long time ago.  It was just amazing to walk along it, as the entire place looked like it barley even belonged in Canada.

There are plans to have a second hiking trip coming up on October 4, this weekend to Rockwood Conservation Area.  Sights include rivers, waterfalls, foliage, caves, and more.  Sign up on Tim Grace’s door by Friday at 4.

Wesley Hague