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".... its still too close for comfort!"
Maybe. But if the deer can stand it ... why not you
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MM
Maybe. But if the deer can stand it ... why not you
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Realism - more than Patriotism
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Njaco
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Because I can still hear the SUVs heading to the casinos drowning out the kaddydids and lapping cedar water.
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Crow-flies, "Meander" is about 2.5 kilometers from Highway 503 ( a minor, 2 lane blacktop that bikers and truckers like, because, while windey and hilly, it's a back route straight east, MoL). Sound is very different winter, summer, fall - as you know. I don't mind the highway noise - it sort of blends in with frogs, crickets, crows, etc.
But - the traffic I hear is either Friday night weekend, or "working" traffic - and I don't mind either. Casino .....? ... not so fond..
My deeded access drive in from 503 is about 6.4 kms - but much of that is rail bed - beside the river. You could never keep it open in winter. So in winter, I park out at 503 and walk over Willy's property 2.5 kms in.
I hear neighbors to the east (upstream) .... cars, chainsaws etc. I don't see 'em though ... just their dog. And that's OK. [There's a story in the neighbor and her dog ... but that's for another time]
Chairs,
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But - the traffic I hear is either Friday night weekend, or "working" traffic - and I don't mind either. Casino .....? ... not so fond.
.My deeded access drive in from 503 is about 6.4 kms - but much of that is rail bed - beside the river. You could never keep it open in winter. So in winter, I park out at 503 and walk over Willy's property 2.5 kms in.
I hear neighbors to the east (upstream) .... cars, chainsaws etc. I don't see 'em though ... just their dog. And that's OK. [There's a story in the neighbor and her dog ... but that's for another time
]Chairs,
MM
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Njaco
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OMG I'm speechless! Beautiful!! Ok, so how do I get into your will?
A4K
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Looks like a nice place! Love the wooden furniture in the bar.
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Great place. We've been drinking there on Spring nights when there's still snow on the ground, but the peeper frogs are singing in the main pond. Willy gets a lot of "inspiration" at the dump ....
And then there's this ....
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjLBXb1kgMo
And, like I've said before, you gotta know what makes you happy ...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ekqsHP9Sck
MM
And then there's this ....
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjLBXb1kgMo
And, like I've said before, you gotta know what makes you happy ...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ekqsHP9Sck
MM
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Sittin' on the Dock 'o The Bay ... upstream view. 35 feet deep in those reflections. Panzer admires lilacs on RR embankment, west deck view.
East end big picture.
Give a Listen:
http://soundcloud.com/corblund/gettin-down-on-the-mountain
Chairs
East end big picture.
Give a Listen:
http://soundcloud.com/corblund/gettin-down-on-the-mountain
Chairs
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June 15: Mustard, What the Glaciers left, and CF-100 on Stand
As well as exporting lots of ethical oil, Canada is the leading producer of mustard seed. Boat launching spot on the Burnt River below Kinmount. The local radio station, Canoe FM 100.9, is holding a "Save Our CF-100" rock concert.
As well as exporting lots of ethical oil, Canada is the leading producer of mustard seed. Boat launching spot on the Burnt River below Kinmount. The local radio station, Canoe FM 100.9, is holding a "Save Our CF-100" rock concert.
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Mke,
I need to come up there and get some samples of dirt from that river bank. Can you give me some geographic coordinates? Love that CF-100! used to see them at NAS Whidbey Island all the time from COMOX for weekend RONs. Their money was no good at the club on the base. They never needed to pay for a drink I believe.
Just how high is that stream embankment. If its no trouble, can you send me a photo with something in it to use for scale? It's what I do to pass the time in my pseudo-retirement.
I need to come up there and get some samples of dirt from that river bank. Can you give me some geographic coordinates? Love that CF-100! used to see them at NAS Whidbey Island all the time from COMOX for weekend RONs. Their money was no good at the club on the base. They never needed to pay for a drink I believe.
Just how high is that stream embankment. If its no trouble, can you send me a photo with something in it to use for scale? It's what I do to pass the time in my pseudo-retirement.
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@oldcrow ...
Thanks for the interest ... attached is a pdf Ontario roadmap .... mid-right quadrant is KINMOUNT on the Burnt River - follow the river down (south) to the village of BURNT RIVER - shot was taken at the north turnout to highway 121.
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map/southindexpdf.shtml
Don't know what your hobby is exactly,, but this is an interesting region geologically - situated as it is on the south facing flank of The Shield - lots of eskers and drumlins further south - great limestone plain (ALVAR) due south of UPHILL (due west of Kinmount) .... famous for birdwatching .... Loggerhead Shrikes aka Butcher Birds.
The river bank you admired is about the same height as the bank at Meander (my place) ... but the river is wider and so that section is exposed to the sun and weather .... hence the weathering. For scale ... see below (shot from dock) plus previous post "Sittin' On The Dock ...".
Kinmount is 2.5 hours northeast of Toronto International AP .... more or less due north of Lindsay (Highway 7) and due east of Orilla (highway 11).
Toronto is about 2 hours from the border at Niagara Falls (not allowing for customs time).
Let me know what your interests and plans are ... by pmail
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MM
Thanks for the interest ... attached is a pdf Ontario roadmap .... mid-right quadrant is KINMOUNT on the Burnt River - follow the river down (south) to the village of BURNT RIVER - shot was taken at the north turnout to highway 121.
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map/southindexpdf.shtml
Don't know what your hobby is exactly,
, but this is an interesting region geologically - situated as it is on the south facing flank of The Shield - lots of eskers and drumlins further south - great limestone plain (ALVAR) due south of UPHILL (due west of Kinmount) .... famous for birdwatching .... Loggerhead Shrikes aka Butcher Birds.The river bank you admired is about the same height as the bank at Meander (my place) ... but the river is wider and so that section is exposed to the sun and weather .... hence the weathering. For scale ... see below (shot from dock) plus previous post "Sittin' On The Dock ..."
.Kinmount is 2.5 hours northeast of Toronto International AP .... more or less due north of Lindsay (Highway 7) and due east of Orilla (highway 11).
Toronto is about 2 hours from the border at Niagara Falls (not allowing for customs time)
.Let me know what your interests and plans are ... by pmail
Chairs,
MM
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Sounds like a mix of Gorden Lightfoot and NC Bluegrass country (an alternate religion down here). Love it.
Njaco
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Mike, I have never really found anything on the 'net to give me a 'Calgon' moment except.... the pics in this thread. I love it. I don't want to be rich with a mansion, just content with a cabin on the banks of a stream in the woods......content.
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It's a great feeling to find pleasure in nature and simple things ..... but all is not perfect ... I can hear the Harleys when they are on the highway 2.5 kms away ...
MM
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Yellow Finch taking sunflower oilseed. Fossil-Panzer I II III
The limestone - some of the oldest in situ limestone in the world - is from the Carden Plain (Alvar) due west of us. Two winters ago they blew a drainage ditch beside the highway - in the spring I went looking .....
The limestone - some of the oldest in situ limestone in the world - is from the Carden Plain (Alvar) due west of us. Two winters ago they blew a drainage ditch beside the highway - in the spring I went looking .....
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