Date of Walk: Saturday Sunday April 13, 2025
Total Distance: 18.85 km
Total Time: 4:37:31
Something something about February being a nightmare, March being crazy busy and unpredictable weather and it took us until April to get back out. The weather had been fabulous for a couple of weeks, all the snow long gone… But not in the forest! This was another out and back walk, where we planned to finish the last stretch in the forest using the parking by Rogers Pond/15B as a start/stop point.
Though the day started out quite cool in single digit temperatures, it was closer to 15C when we finished our walk, and still warming up. Lots of the snow/ice that we walked past at the beginning of the walk was melting and creating mud by the time we were finishing up. “It’s safe/thick enough to hold us don’t worry!” I called to Bryan as I crossed the trail to the “dry” side away from the mud zone we had encountered…..well, guess he weighs just enough more than me that it was NOT safe/thick enough for him and he got a boot full of water….Sorry Bryan! Lucky we were close to the end at that time so he was able to de-sock and change shoes quickly.
I was excited that we spotted a porcupine chilling in a tree on this walk. And, early enough in the year that there wasn’t a single bug to bother us. Overall this was a great day and a decent walk but I really dont like the Marlborough Forest too much, and am very glad to be leaving it behind.
We had plans to hit up the Ottawa outlets after our walk today, so went to the Cheshire Cat Pub near Carp on the way. I missed taking photos of our lunch, but we shared some bougie pogos, and the Mediterranean burger. This is a great place to eat if in the area – we don’t even drink beer and still think that. If you drink beer…this place has an extensive menu on tap. Definitely a must visit for anyone in the Ottawa area!
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