Capturing the Art of Nature
Milton Heights, Rattlesnake Point and Waterdown (Day 3)
Today we thought we would try for some autumn leaf colours in the area north of Hamilton, but they were harder to find than another small waterfall.
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Ontario Adventures
2011
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Another day with a forecast for rain! So our prospects for some good photography were not looking promising. We left the hotel around 10:30 and set out for the area north of Hamilton and Burlington. We were hopeful that this region would be a bit more advanced in colour change than the area south of Hamilton. Well it was further along, a bit too much.
We drove the side roads for some time but with the thick overcast clouds the light was very dull and this hid what colour there was even more. So we did a lot of driving without stopping much. We did find a few small cameos of colour that we could enjoy looking at but often not take photos of. One such area was along the road leading to rattlesnake point. The windy road had offered some nice colours but there were no parking signs everywhere which cramped our style considerably. We could have parked at the conservation area for $13 but the rain hit hard at that moment and we really felt we would not get our money's worth so we drove on, besides who wanted to go for a long walk in heavy rain
We eventually gave up driving north and started back south towards Hamilton. We did find a number of small spots but they were usually buried deep across some residential neighbourhood and so we couldn't get the angles we needed to have usable photos. We did spot a number of lovely large homes for sale but they were a bit much for our afternoon budget.
Soon we felt noon hour hunger taking hold and we set off for the nearest town which happened to be Waterdown. We had a good lunch at a very popular pub in town and then continued out of town to where Mike remembered a small waterfall could be seen. This one proved very accessible and we gathered a number of photos of it.
While at the parking area for the waterfall the time came for my scheduled radio chat with Ralph back in Surrey. I tried one of the Hamilton repeaters but was unable to activate the irlp link. Eventually I tried a Niagara area repeater and there I was able to connect to Surrey and had a nice chat with Ralph. Once done with him a Niagara chap - Len - gave me a call and we chatted for a few minutes more. Once done with the radio we took more shots of the waterfall and then continued on our way back to the hotel. The weather was a bit better for this final portion of the drive but we had little chance for stopping. So we had fewer scenes to shoot but still we enjoyed a great drive through the back country.