2023 walks

We certainly had a dull week to kick off the new year. I don’t think we saw the sun all week with cloudy skys almost ...

This week was a little more seasonable, but we are still a long way from the bay freezing. Another week with no sunny days. Sunday, January ...

We finally had some more seasonable weather with Sunday dawning clearn and cold. the beach is always beautiful on these cold clear days. By the ...

This week we had a few snowsqualls, but still unseasonably warm. It is tiring to walk down the beach when the snow is not packed. Monday, ...

This week I thought I was back in Ottawa or Sudbury a few times. We got all the way down the -27C by the end ...

With daytime highs well above freezing, the bay isn’t getting cold enough to freeze. So far this is least shore ice we’ve had on Georgian ...

Nice warm weather this week made it easy to walk down the beach. By the family day weekend, we finally got some fresh show to ...

We made a trip down to Countryside Gazebos this week in Sharon and purchased a new Gazebo for our pool area. We’re looking forward to ...

Walking down the beach late February. Monday, February 27th, 2023 – walking near Beach 3 on Monday over the noon hours. Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 – This ...

I guess we will remember 2023 as the year that the bay didn’t freeze! Sunday, March 5th, 2023 – This pictures taken near 57th street ...

Some cool nights and high winds this week made walking down the beach interesting, Sunday, March 12th, 2023 – These are the volleyball nets taking along ...

March is definitely a transition month between winter and spring. It was crazy this week how some days the beach was covered with snoe and ...

This is the week we officially lost out shore ice along Wasaga Beach. I suspect this is a record for the earliest this has happened. ...

April is definitely a transition month. We’re getting an early spring this year. It would be pleasant walking down the beach if not for the ...

We are enjoying wonderful weather for April. Every day was pleasant walking down the beach this week. Monday, April 10th, 2023 – Looking west along the ...

Quite a temperature range this week. We did a high of 30C on Sunday and by Tuesday we had a daytime high of just 4C. Sunday, ...

Pictures walking down the beach during the week of April 23rd. Monday, April 24th, 2023 – I had the beach all the myself around the noon ...

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This week we enjoyed walking down the beach while having some landscaping work done around our pool. 2023 is shaping up to be an exciting ...

This week saw a landscaping project continue around our pool area. Lots of progress. Hat’s off to the folks at Springscapes who did an excellent ...

Lots of kite surfing action this week around beach. Sunday, May 21st, 2023 – A cool morning walk down to beach one and back. Looking east ...

This was the first week we started to notice smoke from the wildfires burning across Northern Ontario and Quebec. The highlight of the week was ...

I walked a few trails less travelled this week and saw more wildlife than usual. Sunday, June 4th, 2023 – Our summer construction project is now ...

This was an exciting week. By June 17th summer had finally arrived with kites at Beach 1 and the annual sandcastle competition. Sunday, June 11th, 2023 ...

This was a busy week as we hosted a 60th wedding Anniversary for my parents @ Wasaga Beach. We had ~75 guests mostly from out ...

Another beautiful week weather-wise. We breathed a sigh of relief now that our 60th anniversary party is behind us. Sunday, June 25th, 2023 – Enjoying a ...

As we pass Canada Day, the beach is in top form. It’s great to see everything fully back to normal after COVID disrupted things for ...

It’s been a beautiful summer. Despite record temperatures around the world, the nights have been cool in our area. We had cool nights and lots ...

Another wonderful week walking down Wasaga Beach. Tuesday, July 18th. We were among the first to walk down the graded beach. Wednesday, July 19th, 2023 – ...

We’re into the dog days of summer where the beach one area is hopping pretty much every day. It has been an excellent summer for ...

This week started with a quick day trip up to the Sudbury area to attend a family function near Levack / Onaping, Ontario. It was ...

While the US has had record high temperatures this summer, as you can see by the temperatures above, we’ve had an almost perfect summer. Nice ...

Another week of perfect weather. For whatever reason, we are being spared the record high temperatures everyone is complaining about with overnigh temperatures in the ...

The highlight of this week was our parasailing trip along Beach one. Thank you to https://www.wasagabeachparasail.com/. Sunday, August 20th, 2023 – Walking east along the ...

As summer comes to a close we’ve enjoyed perfect weather. Daytime highs in the low 30s and overnight lows in the low teens. Perfect for ...

We’ve enjoyed wonderful weather for early September. Usually we close the pool at the end of September, but this year we will be later I ...

We’ve continued to enjoy summer-like weather. Sunday, September 10th, 2023 – Returning from the Recplex after a walk down to 28th street Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 ...

This week we enjoyed more summer-like weather. My beach walks were interrupted to travel to Ottawa for a celebration of my father-in-law and his service ...

Daily walks for week of September 24th, 2023 Sunday, September 24th, 2023 – This is a rather photogenic condo at 30th street just east of Beach ...

This week we broke multiple all-time weather records with a balmy 31.1C on Wednesday, October 4th. As the cover picture for this post shows, Wednesday ...

There is definitely something unique about the skies in October. You can tell at a glance that it is no longer summer. Monday, October 9th, 2023 ...

Usually every day is cloudy in October, but we were pleasantly surprised this week with three sunny days back to back. Sunday, October 15th, 2023 ...

The unseasonably warm temperatures continued all through October with summer-like temperatures some days. The leaves from our maples have started to fall so we were ...

This week we got our first dusting of snow the day after Halloween. October 31st was a perfect night for the trick or treaters! Sunday, October ...

We had our first taste of winter at Blue Mountain this week with snow on the mountain visible across the bay. Sunday, November 5th, 2023 – ...

November is normally a gloomy month, so it was nice to see some clear skies for a change! This week we had several spectacular sunrises ...

It started to feel more like winter this week with a few days of steady light snow. Saturday, November 19, 2023 – Looking west across the ...

My daily walks were interrupted this week by a business trip to Boston. I attended the Nextflow Summit sponsored by Seqera Labs. Sunday, November 26th, ...

After a few days in Boston last week, it’s good to be home. I quickly settled back into my rythym of daily beach walks. Sunday, ...

The unseasonably warm weather continued this week. I’ve been spending more time walking down the west end of the beach between beaches 4 and 6 ...

We began to see some cooler nights finally, but we are still far from the Bay being cold enough to freeze. It was great to ...

Well, we certainly didn’t get the White Christmas we were hoping for this year. Oh well. At least there were no issues with flights as ...

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 ...