I like to go for rides and have a theme. Sometimes it's picking up good roasted coffee from Equator coffee in Almonte then riding back to Kingston via Calabogie, or sometimes it's like Private Pilot's 150 things to see in Ontario rides.
I recently thought about riding out and perhaps perhaps panning for gold somewhere just for a laugh. I'm not expecting to find anything, it would be just for the experience and it would make me explore a bit more. So I started looking at what you need to do and how to go about doing it which led me onto a very detailed blog about all things geological in Ontario https://rockwatching.wordpress.com/
Some of you might find this to be a good read if you like old mines, geology and hiking/exploring. It's surprising what's out there to see. In the blog there are entries about old mines underneath the forks of the credit etc. If you do go exploring please read up carefully, old mines are pretty unsafe. I'm more interested about just finding them and seeing a part of Canada's history than exploring inside them which you definitely shouldn't do.
I recently thought about riding out and perhaps perhaps panning for gold somewhere just for a laugh. I'm not expecting to find anything, it would be just for the experience and it would make me explore a bit more. So I started looking at what you need to do and how to go about doing it which led me onto a very detailed blog about all things geological in Ontario https://rockwatching.wordpress.com/
Some of you might find this to be a good read if you like old mines, geology and hiking/exploring. It's surprising what's out there to see. In the blog there are entries about old mines underneath the forks of the credit etc. If you do go exploring please read up carefully, old mines are pretty unsafe. I'm more interested about just finding them and seeing a part of Canada's history than exploring inside them which you definitely shouldn't do.