2024 Walks

As we enter 2024, this is beginning of my 8th year walking down Wasaga beach (almost) daily. I feel safe claiming to walk the beach ...

After a green Christmas, we finally started to get some snow. The highlight of this week was a trip down to Toronto to help my ...

This week we saw more seasonable temperatures and the ice along the shore has frozen. We need overnight temperatures in the minus teens on a ...

We had only one day with sunny skies all week – Sunday January 21st, and it was a treat! We briefly saw more seasonable temperatures ...

This is supposed to be the coldest time of the year, but it is not that bad. It was easy to get out every day ...

Even for such a warm winter, this week was one for the record books! The high of 16.5˚ C on February 9th shattered records, with ...

I’m tempted to say that we returned to more seasonal temperatures late this week, but sadly warm February’s may be the new normal. This is ...

We continued to have dramatic weather swings this week with some days being seasonal and others hitting record highs. We had one of our larger ...

The insane temperature swings continued this week. I find Feburary without snow a little depressing so it was great to a return to more seasonable ...

This week we had exceptionally warm weather with Monday reaching nearly 18 degrees Celcius – an all time record for this date. Sunday, March 3rd ...

Another week of warm weather for March. This is by far the earliest the shoreline has been ice free since we moved here in 2015. Sunday, ...

More early spring weather this week with cold northwest winds. This week we had whitecaps and large waves almost every day. Sunday March 17, 2024 – ...

The beach is in excellent shape for early April. In past years there was all kinds of tree branches and other debris that needed to ...

Beautiful weather continued this week with summer-like temperatures of 25C on Tuesday, April 9th. Sunday, April 7th, 2024 – Walking back from Beach area 1 ...

It’s going to be a long Spring with the ice off the bay so early. Sunday, April 14th, 2024 – Looking west along Wasaga Beach ...

The weather is all over the map in April with cold nights and daytime highs into the teens. For the past few weeks I’ve ...

This time of year, every day seems to look the same. Most days I have the beach almost entirely to myself. Sunday, April 28th, 2024 – ...

I managed to get down the beach every day the week of the 5th, twice most days. Monday, May 6th, 2024 – Looking west from ...

This week we could see the beach getting ready for the first long weekend of the season – Victoria Day on May 20th. Sunday, May ...

Even on a long weekend, large stretches of the beach are deserted much of the day. Things tend to get crowded most days after 11AM ...

The great thiink about late May is that we get summer-like temperatures and I have the beach all to myself most days. I missed a ...

The highlight of this week was our participation in the charity bus pull at the YMCA as part of the Move to Give campaign. Our ...

Global warming is definitely “a thing”, but this week we enjoyed cooler temperatures and some extreme rain events to keep the grass green. We also ...

Assorted pictures during my daily walks mid June Sunday, June 16th, 2024 – Rental cottages during my daily walk on the way from the Recplex to ...

It was nice to get some much needed rain before the Canada Day weekend to bring the grass back to health. The seagulls were out ...

The first week in July is always fun with the combined Canadian and US holidays. Sunday, June 30th, 2024 – On a windy Sunday, Beach area ...

This week was tough to beat weather-wise. Nice warm days into the 30s and cool overnight temperatures in the mid teens. Sunday, July 7th, 2024 – ...

The highlight of this week was the annual 5K FoamFest event that took place on the beach on July 20th. https://the5kfoamfest.com/canada/wasaga/. Tuesday, July 16th, 2024 – ...

The beach has definitely rebounded post Covid. This has been one of the busiest July’s that we remember since moving here in 2015. Even on ...

A highlight of the weekwas a trip up to Georgian Hills Vineyards for lunch, wine tasting, and to stock up on local wines. Thanks to ...

Monday August 5th was the Civic holiday. I walked down to Beach one on Sunday, but avoided the busier parts of the beach for the ...

This week I took a quick trip out to Sydney, Nova Scotia to help my mother-in-law pack up her apartment and relocate to Wasaga Beach. Sunday, ...

The week started out with rain, but the sun returned midweek. We had brisk northwest winds and cool temperatures Monday and Tuesday. Sunday, August 18th, 2024 ...

We’ve had a spectular August with temperatures reaching into the low 30s on Tuesday and evening lows of 13 to 14 degrees – perfect summer ...

This year the Labour day holiday fell on Monday, September 2nd marking the unofficial end of summer. Sunday, September 1st, 2024 – Walking east through beach ...

Even though everyone is back to school, the daily beach walks continue! September is one of my favorite months of the year. We are still ...

The beautiful summer-like weather continued this week. Perfect weather with daily highs in the high twenties and overnight lows in the teens or single digits. Sunday, ...

People sometimes ask me why I tend to avoid having people in my pictures. I see people most days I walk down the beach, but ...

The beautiful weather continued this week. A highlight of the week that my son Jamie saved up enough money to buy his first car. He ...

Despite pictures showing sunny skies this week, we actually had quite a bit of rain. A highlight of the week was a Children’s petting zoo ...

It seems like I’m constantly commenting on how the weather is getting warmer, but it really is getting noticeably warmer. 🙂 We ended the week ...

Despite the recent warm temperatures, deciding what to wear when walking down the beach can be a challenge. The wind is a bigger factor than ...

As with prior years, we had a lot of fun for Halloween. The trail between the Recplex and Shore Lane is turned into a haunted ...

Early November is usually when we are busy picking up leaves. Sunday, November 3rd, 2024 – This is the time of year where we have a ...

The featured image in this post is one of my favorites over the years. It was taken at the beach’s relatively under-used far east end, ...

We continue to enjoy nice weather for mid-November. Sunday, November 17th – Looking west during a Sunday stroll along Beach area 5. Monday, November 18th, 2024 ...