The drive home is just as interesting as the drive down there. You see everything in reverse. And it was still a beautiful sunny day. We chose to go a slightly different route and pick up some butter tarts.
Shortly after Eugenia we come to the first steep curve down into the valley. That road curving up to the east takes you to a whole range of interesting places I've explored.
Around another curve or two and then the valley opens up ahead of us.
The village of Kimberley sits right down in the bottom of the valley where the old mill was built and a settlement grew up around it..
We got a glorious view of the Old Baldy cliffs just as we entered the village. A popular climbing spot.
Through the village and looking back we get a totally different wide angle view of Old Baldy.
We chose to go a different way home and veered off to the right through the even smaller village of Heathcote. Here we stopped at the locally famous Heathcote bakery, the Blackbird Pie Company. They are renowned for their chicken pot pie, but we just picked up some butter tarts.
Eventually we found our way back to Meaford, coming over the crest of that Algonquin shoreline to see Georgian Bay spread out below us,
Halfway down the slope you can pick out the bright yellow Willow trees, tricked into thinking it was spring in the sunshine,
How do you like my shot of the thick black hydro cable? I think it stands out really well against the background of the bright yellow willow tree.
As we all are used to looking at the beauty and ignoring the mundane, I completely missed the cable until you told me about it! I love those long vistas and those straight roads going up and down the valleys. Some engineers must have said, let's do it the easy way. And they did!
ReplyDeleteThe roads over the hills there are wonderful to see. Love them!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite road again. Beautiful scenery.
ReplyDeleteWow, your willows are further along than the willows are down here. But, I've seen two large areas of snowdrops in bloom.
ReplyDeleteAll of the undulations do make your drives more interesting that many.
ReplyDeleteI like it! And I do hope the willow trees will not face a winter blast. We are just beginning to see snowdrops appear.
ReplyDeleteThere is no scene I love more than coming over a rise to be hit with a spectacular views of a body of water
ReplyDeleteWow, amazing scenery.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
I have rural shots of trees and windmills and the power lines seem to accent the whole scene. Power to the people is important and the tree is a great backdrop.
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