Cheating can be addictive, and in light of yesterday's spell on the bus we can't help gazing at the map and considering alternatives to today's roadwalk-heavy 20-mile plan from Glenerin to Kelso. We elect to try a daring train ride to the village of Milton, putting us just a few miles from our goal. Even better, there's a really pleasant trail along the Credit River that will lead us right to the train station.
What joy when the Erindale Go station appears through the trees! Alas, this is a commuter rail service and there will be no more outbound trains to Milton until the evening rush. So it's another bus for us, not fun like a train but takes us more or less in the right direction, cutting out a good chunk of our roadwalk.
Agriculture and industry begin to compete with the housing and commercial sprawl as we tread the outer suburbs. There's a prison here too. And next to it, a park named for Commander Chris Hadfield of the International Space Station. Was he once a prisoner here?
(Canadians are proud of their contributions to the ISS and even have the Canadian Robot Arm on their new five-dollar bills... they have not, as far as I know, taken to calling these bills "Armies".)
Finally at Kelso, we make our way to our very large campsite, pleasant other than the constant roar from the highway.
Tomorrow we join the Bruce Trail and our hike begins in earnest... no more cheating, pinkie-swear!
P.S. All messed up.. wow, I need to go back to blogger school. Fixed now.
Nothing wrong with trains, as long as you keep your feet off the seats!
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