My Actifit Report Card: September 6 2021

A Pleasant Afternoon at RBG Rock Chapel Sanctuary and Trail, Berry Tract, and Borer's Falls!

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Monday September 6th, 2021

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Well, I awoke sore and feeling broken again but that wasn't going to break my spirit today! I was in the mood for a decent afternoon!

Finishing my daily routine and morning ritual, my body was slacking on the yard work and my hydroponics/botany; taking a while to complete due to pure morning exhaustion - I made a nice breakfast and sat down to a British BBC Series I started watching yesterday called "The White Queen". I highly recommend it.

• based in the 1400's during Queen Elizabeth Is' (Queen of Roses') Reign, the plot follows that of Elizabeth's life throughout her marriage to King Edward II and that of their kin and spouse. Leading into another series, called the "White Princess" about her offspring, Elizabeth II, and the ensuing historical storyline through the late 1400's to 1500's; the miniseries is two shows one series each at 10 and 8 episodes, respectively each, at 1hr length

• following this I plan to watch the three seasons currently aired of "Reign", another historically accurate show following this one, directed and produced differently, following that timeline from birth through adulthood and Queenship of Mary, Queen of Scots in the 1600's to late, and early 1700's.

• "Gunpowder" with "Kit Harrington" follows more of a piracy and rebellious point of view in Britain in the 1700's; not on the basis of King and Queenship, but on that of swordfights, musket firing and cannoned ships - with also the introduction of Guy Fawkes and other masquerades as major characters in the plot. Looking forward to this one!

Onward with my day, I got ready after eating some breakfast, and decided on what it was I was going to get up to today. I did my blogging for this afternoon, and prepared my final #hypnochain post and tomorrow's #stemgeeks posting.

Approaching early afternoon by this time, I decided upon visiting a small western section of the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) Bruce Trail system, connecting through the Berry Tract off York Road through Valley Road's Rock Chapel Sanctuary, I headed to Borer's Falls, leaving out the southern area of this section containing Borer's Falls the views along the trail walk were beautiful!

And I snagged this shot,

Zoomed into the City of Hamilton,

The trees were in Summer shade over the last few days of the season and knowing fall was coming, even injures, I made a vow to check out the other two Falls upon later return.

• South of here lie Cootes Paradise and Princess Point across the bay. I completed all of these trails many years ago, exploring most side trails and off trails; I loved it when I was younger! Maybe I shall check these areas out when I see the falls again in the future!

• East of here lie the Arboretum and the Rock Gardens main areas', which have been seen in the past, not this time, but perhaps in the coming weeks as well!

Some more beautiful viewing of the falls from atop,

When we arrived at the falls, I took some beautiful shots of the drop,

I was loving the rushing water,

And the sheer scale of the cliff's escarpment environment!

It was pure beauty!

Continuing along the trail back we hit the Urban Nature Ecosystem Centre section of the Bruce Trail and followed this along;

Apparently, this Red Sumac, pictures above, can be made into a tea? Interesting, will have to look into this more!

I continued my walk,

Finding this fruiting body, or otherwise known

• "Mossy Maple Polypore" starting growth, below;

I found this den, covered with a pit inside,

No idea what this was used for, but thought it pretty cool!

And the view was awesome here!

Taking the Rock Chapel Trail from the Nature Section of the Escarpment Bruce Trail back,

At about 675 feet elevation,

The elevation drops almost right to 0 feet at the bottom of the falls!

Finishing up, I closed off my trail apps for the hike and was satisfied with what I had recorded - First, around Borer's Falls;

Second, along the Escarpment Bruce Trail and around back;

The entire trail system for this section of the Gardens land can be seen in this snippet of the map, with Cootes Paradise and Princess Point south not shown;

Heading home, I reflected on how much I thoroughly enjoyed the hike. My body hurts and is still sore but I'll survive, hah. The fact that I enjoyed this day this much even when in this much pain makes me so happy :)

After resting for a little, I went for a short walk around the lake and then headed back, grabbing this nice picture direct at the sun, exposure and contrasted to be able to see the area surrounding;

Upon arriving home I prepared myself for bed for today was a long day. We shall see where tomorrow's adventures take us!

Pinmappled!

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Aerobics, Daily Activity, Gardening, Hiking, House Chores, Photowalking, Stretching, Walking, Yard Work

Height 180.3 cm		Weight 60.1 kg		Body Fat %
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