I took this photo a block away from work as I rode down Hurontario St. at Burnhamthorpe Rd.
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Without much advanced planning, I decided to make a little weekend bike
tour out to Darlington Provincial Park in Oshawa. To maximize my
weekend, my plan was: Ride down to the Port Credit GO station after
work on Friday, take a train to Oshawa, and ride to the park about 13km
away. On Saturday I would do a day-trip somewhere, and on Sunday I would
ride back to Etobicoke (bail-out points were available at any GO station
west of Pickering, or any subway station once I reached Toronto). I took this photo a block away from work as I rode down Hurontario St. at Burnhamthorpe Rd. |
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The friendliest looking family restaurant on Hurontario St. |
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After stopping for some groceries at the No Frills on Lakeshore Rd. in Port Credit, I rode up to the GO train station. The ticket from here to Oshawa costs $10.60. Not a bad price to pay for a quick, stress-free, and often scenic ride out of the city. Here's the view to the west as I waited for my train. |
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...and the view to the east... |
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Hooray...my train has arrived. |
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Looking across the tracks at another train while we wait for a couple of minutes at Union Station in downtown Toronto. |
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Looking out the window of the train over Lake Ontario. |
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The windmill at the Pickering nuclear generating facility. |
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Here's my bike on the GO train. |
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By the time we got to Oshawa, the train was nearly empty. |
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Oshawa GO station. |
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After leaving the GO station, I had to ride a few ugly industrial roads near the GM plant before arriving at the Waterfront Trail. The stretch of trail through Oshawa is a great mix of easy on-road and off-road trails that wind their way along the lake shore. |
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Riding through the parks... |
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Quiet....no noise, no cars... |
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I stopped here for a second to look at Scattergood's Pond. |
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Scattergood's pond. |
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One of the pedestrian/cyclist bridges I cross while riding the trail. |
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Rollin' rollin' rollin'..... |
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Here's the western edge of Darlington Provincial Park. The main entrance is on the eastern side. Too bad the opening through the gate was so narrow. I had to remove a pannier to squeeze my bike through (barely!). |
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Riding in to the park. |
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After checking in and registering a campsite, I stopped at the camp store to buy some firewood (as seen on the back of my bike) and then rode down to my campsite. It was starting to get dark fast. First thing I did was set up my tent, etc. |
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....and then I started up my campfire! |
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Another picture of my campsite. It was actually a really nice spot, with a sort of private little nook where I put my tent, so it gave a bit more privacy. Site #235...I'll have to remember that. |
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For dinner I had a bunch of sausages on a bun, BBQ'd on the campfire. Yum. Didn't take me long to fall asleep after eating dinner and cleaning up. |
| All photographs ©2006 Victor Gedris | |
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