Monday, June 11, 2018

Petroglyphs Provincial Park, Ontario. June 10th 2018 hiking trip




The Petroglyphs are on rocks. The carvings were fading due to natural erosion.
Therefore the rocks are now protected from erosion by this structure  built over them.
We walk round on a balcony and look at the rock carvings. The carvings were apparently deeper but lost their depth due to erosion of the rock. Now they seem like etchings.
Native Canadians are the only ones allowed to clean the rocks once a month, gently with feathers.
Photography not allowed. 
14.50$ per car to enter this day park(day park means we have to get out by 4.30pm). We took about ten minutes to see the petroglyphs. 
So was it worth our petrol(2.5 hours drive one way) to see these is the question.
I saw lots of wild life when hiking through this park.
I saw a garter snake, a tortoise crossing the road, a pheasant(tall and grey...I suppose it was a pheasant). A bald eagle...not inside this park but on the way to this park.
a chipmunk.
White, grey-black, blue dragonflies.
So many many mosquitoes when hiking. The mosquitoes were the only annoyance on this trip!
Below are a few photos from the hike inside this park.
There's a lake, marshland, boardwalks (a bit unsafe as some planks are broken and some are shaky!), wild flowers, lichen on the rocks, and a million mosquitoes! I took off my jacket as it was hotonly to have the mosquitoes feast on my blood! My husband had his full sleeve t-shirt on...but they bit through the fabric! I was too busy swatting mosquitoes, to click photos. We did not sit even for a moment during this hike...the moment we stopped, they seemed to bite us more.
We were wrong to have mocked and laughed at a lady we passed by on the way to this park for wearing a net over her face and body!















 Above and below are moss on rock...half alive and half dried I think. some round rocks covered with lichen appeared like Jackfruit from a distance!

Picnic lunch from home:
Mango chitranna at the Burleigh Falls 
And sandwiches(cucumber and tomato slices on bread covered with butter and mint chutney) at the Petroglyphs park. 
Refreshing yelneer (Grace company's 100% pure coconut water) on the hike. 
 Ate Dhood Peda (Mishra Peda from Bangalore!) and Mysore Pak (made in Scarborough)while driving! We don't want to endanger our obesity by eating low calorie food on hikes!

Except for the mosquitoes....a great day. 
Not much arguments with the husband either! 

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