Weekend recap

Saturday was wasted on the laptop in a fit of work-related productivity, but Sunday saw a last-minute decision to screw work and drive to Algonquin PP to enjoy the fall colours. After getting a park permit at the west gate, opted to try the Centennial Ridges hike as it promised "scenic views" and was rated "strenuous." The park provides you with a very nice map and commentary at the beginning. Given time constraints, I ran the loop, choosing to run it backwards in order to deal with the steepest hill first. As the guide suggests, scenic views... I took my biking backpack, a bottle of water, the SLR and zoom - took a few pictures, but as they're not developed, see here. Left the trailhead at 12:40, back in the car at 2:35.

I would suggest:

• hiking it in the suggested order - the views do in fact get better, and the trail markers only face one way :)
• carrying more than half a litre of water on a sunny, windy 25 degree day while running a 10km with 1000m of elevation change

The fall colours were maybe 40% turned, predominantly red, with even then, there was a lot of brown tinges in the colour pattern. Still lots to go.

Drive time: 3 hours to west gate