Wye Not

 

Actually Wye, Yes, as last weekend we went hiking through the Wye Marsh which is about 20 miles north of our park here near Barrie.

 

The Marsh is a private environmental area just on the south side of Midland, Ontario. It's next to the Saint Marie among the Hurons as well as the Martyrs' Shrine, both wonderful historical attractions.

Through the 3,000 acres are many different hiking trails and places to both view the marsh as well as take a guided canoe trip around the place and put your mind back about 400+ years to the normal mode of native travel then.

And speaking of one of the "natives" here is my intrepid guide in front of one of the interpretive cabins.

This marsh is one of the world's largest trumpeter swan recovery and breeding areas and above is one of the birds thinking about his own wingspan. This wasn't a really great shot as I wish we could have gotten closer ... this bird is huge and probably has a reach close to the 8 feet in the diagram he's looking at.

And finally the "Hobbit" himself as we walked from the marshy area back to the visitor center. The fern and cypress forest here is really impressive and could be spooky in the twilight.