Hey everyone.
This has been a pretty good summer. I’ve been busy with work and family, but I’ve carved out some time to look back at where this hobby and this website began, and charge forward on where my adventures are going.
First, I want to share a new video I published today. While I first purchased this domain over a decade ago, and have documented nearly 3,000 kilometres over the last 8 years, I don’t think I’ve fully explained where it all began. This video tells that story.
Second, I took a walk 7 years ago along the Etobicoke shoreline, and discovered it was more fractured than other parts of Toronto. I needed to do some spreadsheets, and I discovered that my observations were supported by data. Then I needed to publish that data, and my website was still on the old Blogger platform, which wasn’t conducive to handling more than…blog posts. So I migrated to my current platform, which is how my website looks the way that it does today.
I was interrupted partway through that walk by a (very kind) man who was new to Canada, but very passionate about his RC boat. I helped him find a good spot to go rip, but that meant I didn’t document my walk as fulsomely as I do now. So this past July, I re-traced my steps where Etobicoke meets Lake Ontario.
A walk along the shoreline in southwest Toronto, from Etobicoke Creek to the Humber River.
Lastly, as outlined in a previous post, I am expanding my area of coverage across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. I took my first walks in the west GTA over April, June and July, following the shoreline from Grindstone Creek in southwest Burlington to Lakeview Promenade Park in southeast Mississauga. There will be a video coming soon on these walks.
From Grindstone Creek in the west, around the Skyway to Oakville.
From Burloak Park, along promenades to Maple Grove Drive.
From Ford Drive, along and around industrial lands to Lakeview.
That’s about it for now, thanks for continuing to following my adventures.
Metroscapes 