2018 walks

Walking down the beach this time of year takes more energy than in the summer. The snow is too deep in places to walk. The ...

A beautiful winter week. It was hard to get across the ice with so much fresh snow. I confess – I found myself walking on ...

Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 – It was glare ice in places, but blowing snow and ice crystals while the ice was freezing created a sandpaper effect ...

An awesome week at Wasaga Beach. From my perspective, it is much easier to walk across the beach in cold temperatures and avoid water and ...

I’m afraid there’s not a lot of variety in my posts this week. The weather was the same every day. It’s tough to make it ...

Hey guys, After a unanimous vote by our board of directors (Michelle and I), we’ve decided to stop cheaping out on hosting costs. We’re now spending ...

This was a great February week – lots of snow and seasonable weather capped by snow squalls towards the end of the week.

Most of my posts involve pictures taken from the vantage point of the beach. I’m amazed how the ice changes daily, and I caution people ...

For those not aware, February 19th was Family day in Ontario. It was great to see people taking the  long weekend to heart. A family ...

This week we had a lot of warm weather and lost a lot of snow. At least it was easy to walk down the beach ...

Another winter week walking down Wasaga Beach. This week, my daily walks were interrupted by a short trip to New York City. Hope you enjoy ...

Sometimes this time of year the weather rarely changes. You notice most days we hovered just below freezing with overcast skies. The air temperature is ...

The sun has finally returned. YAY! This week I found myself walking down the ice a few days rather than walking down the sand. The ...

One of the problems with taking pictures of Georgian Bay from Wasaga Beach, is that you hardly have a birds-eye view. The bay appears frozen ...

The ice continues to hang on despite a few nice warm days. It won’t be much longer before we have open water if things keep ...

Late on March 31st we had a quite a storm with winds approaching 80 km/hour overnight. Another major storm mid-week. I guess we need to ...

There are signs of hope, but the temperatures are still below seasonable for this time of year. By this time last year, there was no ...

Compared to last year, Spring is slow coming. Here is a link to pictures from the same period in April 2017 – http://wasaga365.com/index.php/2017/04/22/week-of-april-16th-2017/ I missed two days walking ...

This time of year temperatures fluctuate wildly. We go from summer temperatures to winter in a short time.              

There is no more ice on the bay. We had quite a wind storm this week that did serious damage. Also, a lot of debris ...

We had some nice days this week with Wednesday getting all the way up to 27 degrees. The highlight of the week was watching a ...

This is the perfect time of year. It’s getting warm during the day with cool evenings that are great for sleeping. We’re on the cusp ...

This week we got our first real taste of summer weather. What’s great about May is that the days are warm but the nights are ...

The weekend of May 26/27 is big in our family because these dates reflect our wedding anniversary and birth of our elder son. Michelle’s Mom ...

June started with heavy waves and high water, but by the end of the week it was beginning to feel like summer.  

A beautiful week with warm summer days and cool nights for sleeping. I wish the whole summer could be like this!    

It’s hard not to be amazed by how the beach suddenly comes alive in the summer months. With the Wasaga Beach Heroes Festival running June ...

Welcome to the start of insanely hot weather. It’s great to see the beach come alive in the summer. I took lots of pictures and videos ...

This week we had record high temperatures across most of Ontario. The daily temperatures above probably seem unbelievable so I should explain my methodology. I get these ...

Early in the week my favorite in-laws from Cape Breton popped by. They happened to be in Toronto for a long weekend so we dragged ...

As friends know, I catalog the high and low temperatures during my daily walks down the beach. It’s become a habit. For consistency, I use ...

I missed getting pictures two days this week. On Sunday my phone battery died, and on Monday I was tied up in meetings in Toronto. I ...

Things are in full swing at the beach this summer with live entertainment and a regular schedule including weekend events and evening movies on the ...

This weekend was the 5K Foam Fest at Wasaga Beach. It’s been fun watching organizers prepare for the event. Details on the event are here: On ...

The weather has been so wonderful I’m actually looking forward to Fall just so we can see a little variety! Towards the end of this ...

On Sunday evening just back from a long weekend on Manitoulin Island, I took a walk down the beach to try and catch for missed ...

There is still lots of summer weather ahead, but the last week of August always feels like the end of summer. Back to school early ...

September is off to a warm start. Snapped an awesome sunset this week on Tuesday evening.  

The sands were shifting in interesting ways these week causing sand dunes to appear out from shore. Some of the best days at the beach ...

September 21st was the day of so many severe storms across Ontario and Quebec including the tornados in Gatineau. We had more damage to our ...

Lots to see this week with windy days, kite sailors and lots of wildlife out and about. As soon as the summer residents leave Shore ...

Lots of high waves this week. By weeks end, a lot of the shoreline was eroded by the waves.

My cover pictures of the fox this week is a little gross. Sorry about that. I didn’t think that the fox would let me pass. ...

This week I think I took some very cool pictures. There is something really nice about the beach as things start to cool down and ...

This week the leaves are probably at their peak. Unfortunately we’ve had a lot dull days without Sun and it’s been hard to appreciate the ...

The bay was looking pretty angry a few days this week.

We got the leaves picked up just in time before our first major snowfall in November.  It’s nice to see the snow come, and even ...

I don’t think this week is a very good commercial for Wasaga Beach. We’ve had an early start to winter. It’s interesting to see how ...

November marks a transition to winter, and this year winter weather has come earlier than usual. Despite some cold nights, the water is still too ...

Winter has come early this year. There are daily snow squalls but with temperatures hovering near freezing the snow melts as fast as it can ...

Starting to look like winter around Wasaga Beach! Temperatures ranging from a balmy  9C to  -8C by the end of the week.

It’s interesting walking down the beach this time of year. I keep meeting what I believe is the same Fox near beach 3 – I ...

We started getting cold nights this week leading to some ice along the shore, but it melted quickly with days well above freezing.

Christmas day this year was considerably warmer than in 2017. We were able to enjoy a walk down the beach with out of town guests.

We saw a surprising number of Canada Geese this week for so late in the year.