Capturing the Art of Nature
St. Thomas Elevated Park and Port Bruce (Day 7)
A walk along the new elevated park followed by a drive through the roads east of the port then finishing the day with a lovely sunset.
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Ontario Adventures
2018
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Today the sun was mostly hiding behind clouds though it peeked out for brief periods teasing me with its brightness. Unfortunately the colours just aren’t out yet and with dull light they are even worse. So today I started with a visit to the new elevated park that is being developed in St. Thomas. An old railway bridge has been repurposed into a park. The current state is only about a third done but it is looking promising and even this small bit that is open was a pleasant walk. The place is designed more for summer use with lots of colourful flowers which this time of year are dead and brown. Still, I enjoyed the saunter across the bridge and back while imagining what it will be like when done.
Next I drove into the eastern side of the region visiting many of my old favourite spots. I just couldn’t pull out much to photograph. At 2:30 I set up my radio to chat with Ralph, this time I assembled my yagi but the wind knocked it over mid-conversation which caused me to lose the contact with Ralph. It was helping prior to that tumble. I continued driving to Port Bruce only to get blocked by a missing bridge. A temporary single lane bridge has been set up not far from the main spot but it has a slow turn-a-round time. I drove to the beach in Port Bruce and stopped to gather a few photos but here the wind was high and the light poor, not much to excite me. Continuing on to an inland grassy area, there are some trees that are often very pretty, they weren’t in full colour yet, but one of the best over the years didn’t let me down and it provided some vivid colour.
I continued driving, slowing making my way back to St. Thomas to pick up Carolyn at the wool shop where I had left her earlier. There really wasn’t anything that caught my eye on the return drive. This evening I took a walk on the harbour walkway around the time of sunset and managed to gather some decent sunset photos from the end of the walk near the lighthouse. It was a pleasant end for the day even in the cool wind.