Capturing the Art of Nature
Port Stanley Area (Day 6)
A lovely day to explore the Countryside around Port Stanley with a lovely Sunset to wrap the day.
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Ontario Adventures
2010
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After e leisurely breakfast chatting with another guest couple I set off for the roads and plans to find some of the colour that the trees were offering. My first destination was the one I seem to always visit – Hawks Cliff Road. As I made my way along the road I saw a few people parked part way along the road, sitting on the edge of a field. They were busy spying on a group of hawks across the field. I continued on to the end where I parked and walked the final distance to the cliff edge. Here I spotted some interesting close-up items that I began to capture. The distant shots were not very spectacular today so I took very few of them. After gathering a number of macros I returned to the car and the main highway.
I tried the next side road along the lake, there were a few spots with some colour but nothing that caught my eye enough to stop. The most interesting thing along this road was a tractor being serviced. It was missing one side of its rear dualies which looked quite funny standing on the far side of the road! I then made my way to the village of Sparta where I noticed a cemetery on our way in yesterday. I spent a few minutes walking around the site snapping a few shots of some more interesting stones. Then I continued on to Sparta proper and continued west back towards Union and the port. I passed a golf course that seemed to have a lovely setting but I doubt they would have allowed a photographer in just to take a few photos.
I then returned to the main road of Port Stanley and filled up the gas tank as it was down to a quarter and I didn’t feel comfortable heading out with that little fuel. Once the tank was full I retraced my path along the side roads towards Pearce Park that I found last year. I found a number of spots to stop along the way which offered some lovely rich colours to enjoy. At the park I made my way along the path which was heavily covered in dry leaves. This area was definitely past its prime but I still enjoyed the walk with the crunching leaves. The view of the lake was worth the walk. I made my way along the edge and eventually found a path down the cliff to the beach. The view from the beach was quite stunning. The beach was fairly narrow being squeezed between the cliff face and the lake – no place to run in a storm! The sand was very soft and I sank in over an inch with each step. Though the cliff wasn’t all that high by BC standards, it was still an impressive sight to stand at the bottom of and look along the wall that went on for miles in both directions broken only by a few eroded gaps from small seeps.
Once I had enough of the beach I returned to the car and as it was getting late I headed for the Inn. It was a lovely first drive for this year in the Port Stanley area. As the sun sank into the horizon, I set out for the west beach of the port and set up to capture the sunset. It was partially blocked on the east side but for the greater part offered a lovely colourful evening. The sky presented some lovely maroons as the sun dropped below the horizon. Perhaps a bit more obscured than ideal, it was still a very nice scene that I enjoyed with a few others who had come out for the final moments.