Saturday September 21.

Today Gramie started feeling poorly before we could hike. So we drove back to the motel where Gramie Gramie chose to sleep the day away. She told me to get out for some exercise, which resulted in a solo hike up little Haystack near Ray Brook. Unfortunately, I forgot the cell phone with its camera resulting no pictures from the summit.

On the return hike, I spoke with two ladies, from Italy and Bylorussia. During our chat, I complained about our PM being incompetent and in need replacement after nine years. The lady from Bylorussia said that she has known only one leader, a dictator. Some people have worse leaders than we do.

Thursday September 19

Given Gramie's foot soreness, we picked a shorter hike, Pitchoff. That was perfect. There were great views from the balanced boulders area. Great weather again.

Sunday September 22.

We chose Giant Mountain and the Roaring Brook trail. Another perfect day for hiking. We saw few hikers on the first leg to the ridge path. Then we saw lots of fellow hikers. Although the day was warm and sunny there were low clouds, which gave rise to some interesting views.

Although surgical masks haven't been found to be effective against respiratory tract infections, they are perfect for carrying out egg shells.

 

Dinner was at at the nearby Red Neck Bistro where we had their chicken, beef brisket, pork ribs, sausage and salad. It was excellent and very filling. Our Waiter was a carnivore making for much interesting discussion.

Another perfect day in the Adirondacks 

Friday September 20.

Our strategy for the day was to pick a great hike with a safety option. Whiteface was perfect. If Gramie's foot injury was aggravated by hiking, we could hitch a ride down from the summit because there is a road to the summit of Whiteface. Fortunately, we didn't need to use the bailout plan. The hike was great with sunshine and warm weather. We took the tunnel and elevator at the peak for fun. We found lots of people at the peak and spoke to several of them.

Wednesday September 18.

Mount Marcy. We left from South Meadow and went up by Marcy Dam and Indian Falls. Grand day with lots of sunshine. Gramie developed a sore foot, which make walking out a bit difficult.

A week of hiking in the Adirondacks.

We drove from Kingston to Lake Placid on Tuesday September 17, hiked Mount Cascade and checked into the Townhouse Lodge.

June 13. Kingston

We have acclimatized to the realization that our cross-Canada bicycle ride has ended at least for the time being. Gramie is still disappointed at having to truncate the ride but is doing her best to adjust. This has been made easier by knowing that our friends in Canadian Citizens Care Alliance have pitched in and are riding for us. A number of them got the ball rolling by telling us that they would ride their bikes in their own neighbourhoods and add up the Km to finish the ride for us. This has evolved into a fun activity, which will be recorded on a website. Anyone will be able to participate by doing something active outdoors (where making vitamin D is possible) and recording it there; the activities could be anything that doesn't depend on a motor and is outdoors. Biking, running, walking, sailing, paddling would all qualify, maybe even parachuting. Gramie had her eyes checked at the Urgent Eye Clinic at Hotel Dieu Hospital on June 11, and that afternoon we took a 40 Km bike ride west of Kingston; the walk to the clinic and home added about 8 Km. On June 12, we started running stairs and doing pushups at Lake Ontari Park; that added about 8 Km. Today (June 13) we rode our bikes east of Kingston in a loop of about 50 Km. Tomorrow morning at 10 AM, we have "talk & walk" session at Rodden Park. We started these with the idea of getting our neighbours together outdoors in a setting that would encourage informal discussion about whatever comes to mind. People everywhere have been subjected to isolation and lack of personal interactions for the last four years, and need to talk with others. We thought that "talk & walk" would be be one way to facilitate social interaction. Moreover, it requires no expenses and no one has to host anything in their homes. The only minor expense was the paper we used to make up about 500 notices that we distributed in Calvin Park.

This picture was taken from the Third Crossing, formally known as Waaban Crossing. It shows the Rideau Canal and the rowing course in the background.