Gift Ideas

Wed. 20 December:  Gift Ideas

Big Rideau Lake from Red Rock

Note: click on pictures for full size view.

Here’s an idea for a Christmas gift this year.  Give yourself a treat and go on a short walk down to Red Rock on Big Rideau Lake.  The round trip from the safe parking area on Miners Point Road is about six kilometres, all on a quiet, snow-packed side road.  You can make it a slightly more challenging walk by sticking to the Rideau Trail where, on two occasions, it dives into the snowy woodland.

Either way, you will be rewarded with a stunning lakeside panorama.  Today, this might have been two lakes at two different times:  to my left, blue skies and dark blue waters, and to my right, the back end of a squall line, the watercolor clouds reflecting in the lake.  Two for the price of one.

Treat yourself – and Merry Christmas to all my reader(s?).

View to the east:  blue skies

View to the west:  a disappearing squall line

Pleasant stroll down North Shore Road
(mid-ground:  squirrel racing across road)

I quickly moved to the "wrong" side of the road
to avoid this speeding snowplow on Miners Point Road

Christmas gift:  a visit to Red Rock