Walk: Mon. Apr. 14 @ Loblaws

You never know who you'll encounter when you walk the streets of Toronto. Like this hale fellow well met on our first boardwalk walk of 2008; he (she?) had clearly lost the way home.

Fortunately, cell phones exist, so this beaver tale has a happy ending. But it was a bit of a wait in the drizzle for the rescuers to arrive. While trying to prevent the critter from becoming a beaver jam on the roadway, we took time to chat about beavery things. The price of trees these days. What Debbie Travis has been up to at the lodge next door.

Anyway, enough of that. It's 8K Monday night. However, five of us have signed up for the Wow Powerwalking course, so won't be walking Mondays for the next 10 weeks -- unless the course is cancelled. We'll know by weekend's end.

Here's a choice of routes for you:

If you're ready for a change, the first takes you westward, then through the tunnel in Monarch Park to loop north of the tracks. If no one in the group has done it before, you might need a guide the first time.

http://www.mapmyrun.com/walk/canada/on/toronto/741936790

Otherwise, here's the "old familiar" Loblaws 8K taking you back and forth along Swanwick then down to that loop we've used, with places to head back to the starting point for a shorter walk:

http://www.mapmyrun.com/walk/canada/on/toronto/115879763

I leave you as our furry friend (that small black dot) is escorted across eight lanes of traffic.