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Video: November 13th, 2023

After a month.5 break, I'm back to doing video blogs! There's no information in this one that I haven't talked about over here on Facevook, but it does have my voice and I cuss a bit, so it's not without its charms.

VLog: September 18th, 2023

Recorded from inside Atmo-Sphere, a sphere of gneiss by John McKinnon, located inside the Sculpture Forest.

VLog: September 17th, 2023

Saint-Louis Mission National Historic Site is located in Tay Township, Ontario, just outside of Midland, Ontario. It consists of a monument, two plaques, and a small area of cut grass in a forest. Nearby is a monument to an early Anglican Church. I visited sites in Tiny and Springwater as well, but none had much worth talking about.

Tiny Marsh: Late Afternoon Lookout Loop

I took a walk just before sunset on September 6th, looking for small woodland animals. Video includes a walk through a marsh on a boardwalk, some leopard frogs and a trumpeter swan towards the end.

VLog: September 14th, 2023

Its another road trip day! I'm traveling through Severn Township today.

OPP Museum

I visited the Ontario Provincial Police Museum at the OPP Headquarters in Orillia, Ontario. I was unsure about making this stop, but it was free and only a few kilometers out of my way. You are visiting the HQ, so your information is logged into their systems and you must present photo ID. There was a sign encouraging you to take photos, but I didn't see it until my way out, so I have nothing from inside the museum to share.

Antiques on 11N

Antiques on 11 North is one of my regular junk store stops. Its weird going to them, because I used to leave with the exact sort of things I'm trying to get rid of now, but its still enjoyable

Swing Bridge Foundations, Highway 11 at Trent-Severn Waterway

This is the former site of a swing bridge. Its a prety spot to stop for a picnic, but Highway 11 makes it a bit loud.

Limestone Outcrop on Cambrian Road

I didn't record a video at Lock 42 Couchiching because I intended to record one at #43, but that didn't work out. This is either the Gull River formation (the same one as at Burleigh Falls) or the Bobcaygeon formation, both are limestone and both are exposed near this location.

Big Chute Marine Railway

I've returned to the Big Chute Marine Railway (#44) because Lock #43 Swift Rapids is reachable by water only. This is hinted at on the Trent-Severn Waterway webpage, but not explicitly stated. I had plans to continue to the final lock, #45 Port Severn, but the locks aren't operating anymore and the washrooms are closed, so its time to head home.

VLog: September 13th, 2023

I tried and failed to locate an oxbow lake.

Precambrian-Ordovician Nonconformity outside Burleigh Falls, Ontario

Across Ontario there are several outcrops where you can see the precambrian-paleozoic nonconformity. One of these is approximately 3km West of Burleigh Falls, Ontario, on Peterborough Road 36.

A nonconformity is a missing part of the geological column where sedimentary rock was deposited on a crystalline igneous or metamorphic rocks. Here our igneous rocks are from the Grenville province of the Canadian Shield, and our middle Ordovician rocks are from the Gull River and Shadow Lake formations (part of the Simcoe group). The point of contact between these rocks represents approximately 550 million years of missing geological history, the Ordovician rocks are only 450 million years old.

I said I was going to give you coordinates for the site. After seeing it, and comparing it to what Google StreetView has from a few years ago, I'm not going to do that. Tourist erosion is a real problem in hobby geology. It shouldn't take long for anyone interested to locate the outcrop with this information. If you find yourself there, please respect those who will come after you, and please don't be a nuisance to the people who live nearby.

VLog: September 12th, 2023

Support your local(ish) library. I picked up A Good Death by Sandra Martin, because its time to become informed about physician assisted death.

VLog: September 11th, 2023

I finally launched this blog! Which you already know, because you're here. Also, still tired from my trip to Burleigh Falls.

VLog: September 10th, 2023

I overdid it yesterday, I'm very tired.

VLog: September 9st, 2023

I travel a route through central Ontario passing through Coboconk, Fenelon Falls, and Bobcaygeon to arrive at an rock outcrop near Burleigh Falls.

Part 1: Balm Beach

Part 2: Coboconk, Ontario

Part 3: Trent-Severn Waterway Lock #35: Rosedale

Part 4: Kawartha Settlers Village, Bobcaygeon, Ontario

Part 4: Trent-Severn Waterway Lock #28: Burleigh Falls

A Walk in Tiny Marsh

Join me as I walk the length of the main dyke at Tiny Marsh. We see sandhill cranes, great blue herons, swans, some ducks and geese and a whole lot of frogs.

The first half, we talk about the wildlife, the marsh, and stories I have about these creatures. On the way back, we talk about Meg 2: The Trench and other magnificently stupid movies.

This is shot with a head mounted camera, so the camera moves a lot and is shakier than is idea.

VLog: September 4st, 2023

Its a heat wave! I abandoned the rest of my Balm Beach weekend plans in favour of Meg 2.

VLog: September 3st, 2023

Balm Beach weekend part 3 (too tired to arcade, did other restaurant, did attend impromptu antique car show), and the difficulty of planning.

VLog: September 2st, 2023

Balm Beach weekend part 2 (antiquing in Barrie (not Balm Beach)).

VLog: September 1st, 2023

Balm Beach weekend part 1 (dinner at the beach).

VLog: August 31th, 2023

Balm Beach music night.

VLog: August 30th, 2023

Exhaustion is hard

VLog: August 29th, 2023

Lonliness is hard.

VLog: August 28th, 2023

I visited Collingwood and Thornburry