A bit of adventure on the Jock River

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Ron

Early in the year, the Jock River hosts the Jock River Canoe/Kayak 2011 race.

Today was not a race!

Today was the first of two leisurely excursions back into the Richmond fen with the Friends of the Jock River organization. The second excursion will be on Thursday May 5th (see the end of this blog for more details regarding timing, location and contact information). The weather today  was fine and the excursion leader was certainly happy to see the turnout for today’s excursion.



It wasn’t long before everyone was ready and heading upstream.

My wife was due home from Montreal on the VIA train at about the time that Graeme and I headed out onto the river. Not much longer, the Via train sped by on its way to Toronto.

There were an number of muskrats and beavers along the route and a high climbing little painted turtle got a lot of attention.

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About Ron

Ron has long had an interest in photography and traveling and, in recent years, has had more time to devote to both activities. Long a Pentax user, Ron switched to Nikon gear when he went digital. The advent of the digital SLR camera, and the ease of the internet blogging process, has provided a venue for sharing his photography and travel experience at the local, national and international level. More about Ron
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