It was a chilly morning (for August) when I decided to head north to Birds Hill Provincial Park where I could walk on the Cedar Bog Trail. It seems like its been awhile since I’ve been out there, but especially since I’ve walked this trail.
Rain wasn’t in the forecast, but there were some very dark clouds hanging around as I started out and during my walk, it changed from grey to blue and back to grey a few times, so I wasn’t sure if I would be getting wet on this walk or not.
My first sky photo was as the clouds let the sky through. 
A downed tree on the path 
Poor tree – glad it left room to walk by it though 
Look at that sky now 
The trail goes on 
This shows a trail that is used, and it crosses my trail, but I’m not about to follow it. 
Keep on walking – it is only 3.5 km 
Sky is a little grey again 
The trail got a bit narrower after we past the short-cut 
Grasses are beautiful & green 
We’ve reached bog part with big old pine & cedar trees 
I love these big old trees, but this part is almost finished 
Heading back towards the parking lot now 
Clouds are getting darker 
Just keep on walking 
Going up a hill now 
and around a bend 
Dark clouds, but there is some blue up there
This is near the end of the trail. And I finally found a critter who was willing to pose for a photo at the end. I did see and hear a few Chickadees, but none of them would allow photos today.
Ground Squirrel stopped eating to look at me and pose for a photo 
Then, he continued eating. I thanked him for allowing me to take his photo
I was just a few steps away from the parking lot when I got the Ground Squirrel’s photo and then I stopped in front of the garbage & recycling containers.
Garbage to the left, then disposable mask recycling, then beverage container recycling 
But these were in the disposable masks recycling container. Hard to believe that people can be so ignorant.
At that point, I was at my car, so I’m off to another location.
There were 2 cars in the parking lot when I arrived, but I did not see anyone on the entire trail today. When I returned to the parking lot there were 2 different cars there. First time I’ve ever walked this trail without meeting people. It was lovely and peaceful.
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