Capturing the Art of Nature
Day 3 - The Countryside
October 20th was a day of driving. We went for a trip to Lake Huron. My first time on the lake, later I captured a few night shots.
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Ontario Adventures
2003
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I had never been to Lake Huron before so we decided to see the country and to stand on the shore of the lake. Looking out over the lake one could see only miles of rippling grey-blue, there were no features at the end of the horizon! That was a neat experience as on the White Rock coast we have a big island in the distance. The beach looked fairly pleasant but today was quite cold and very windy - not great for sunbathing and the water was posted as unsafe for swimming.
The countryside was vast, much bigger than one can appreciate from the maps of this part of Ontario. The one constant was that every kilometer was almost the same as the previous and this went on for over a hundred kilometers. Just mile after mile of shallow rolling hills, farm country growing corn, soy beans or pasture, it could get quite boring after a while. But, if one looks closer you can see subtle changes every few miles. The texture of the ground, the colours of the vegetation, the angularity of the hills all tend to change in subtle ways as you drive. This gave me something to ponder as we drove along.
We arrived at Clarke Point where there was an historic lighthouse. The visitor centre was closed but it was still interesting to walk around.
In the evening I took a few night shots of the village. It was quite cold so my time outside was cut short, but I did find a few interesting sights which if seen in daylight just don't look all that interesting.