Sunday, October 9, 2016

The Blue Mountains, ON

Photo by Bo. W
We left the town of Stratford in western Ontario and follow the GPS direction from Market Pl and Brunswick St to Waterloo St, Take Perth County Rd 119, all the way to Blue Mountain Resort.







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We drove through large tracts of farmland, dotted with large and small pastoral style of the town, on both sides of the highway, where the vision is green and yellow woven on the beautiful colors.








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We have been driving on County Rd, passing through a small town, near the northern area of Waterloo. It is like the traditional German town of the 19th century, a quaint and elegant, has a long history of the town, where the woman dressed a black robes, wearing a black hat, riding in the carriage with the groom.







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A man wearing a white shirt, black trousers, with has hat of the eaves, riding a bike to catch up with the carriage. . . This is not a film scene, but a group of real life.









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Our car, with the carriage, the bike, is traveling together in County Rd. Let us be personally on the scene, feel the nineteenth Century Germany's rural scenery. Their dress for the surrounding countryside of the landscape, add a trace of ancient artistic conception.







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We drove 2 hours 12 minutes, 172 km, from Stratford to the Blue Mountains in Canada. Blue Mountain Resort is located in the Collingwood area of Ontario, behind the Niagara Escarpment and adjacent to the Georgian Bay. Although it is called the Blue Mountains, but in fact it is a great hills.







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Located in the Georgian Bay area north of Toronto, Blue Mountain is the largest ski area in Ontario with the highest mountain peak and a ski runway stretching more than four kilometers. It has 12 cable cars and 34 Trail. In the winter, it becomes a paradise for skiing enthusiasts, and in the summer it is a good place for vacationers and mountain bikers.






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When the ride on the cable car, the breeze was blowing, arrived at the top of the Niagara Escarpment cliff, all the way to enjoy the beauty of the entire Blue Mountains, I believe can only speak with exclamation of praise!






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Tree to Tree Adventures

This activity project is set up a lot of hanging bridges, shade ladder, and between the tree and the cable between the trees and other facilities in the lush woods, in order to allow people to experience the thrill of walking at high altitude, if you're not afraid of heights, must experience!


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Hiking

Blue Mountain has many trails for hiking and walking. Between the bottom and the top of the Niagara Escarpment, there are a lot of winding paths, it is very suitable for hiking and sightseeing, when we reach the mountain, far look resort, left a beautiful photo as a souvenir because this opportunity is not everywhere!



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The town of Collingwood is not far from the Blue Mountain Resort, about 8 km. We chose to eat Italian food and stroll down the street in Collingwood town.