Wilderness Trail Blazers' Three Day Hike

Ashlyn Minor

       The Dunnville Secondary School (DSS) Wilderness Trail Blazers (WTB) were led by Mark McCormack and Jessica MacLeod on a three day, overnight hiking trip.  The trip went from Wednesday, May ninth, to Friday, May eleventh.  They left for their trip at 9:30 AM on Wednesday morning, and arrived at the location at 11:00 AM and hiked at 11:30 AM.  The two teachers led twelve WTB students.  They hiked Bruce Trail, near Milton, camped at Kelso Conservation area, and camped at Rattle Snake Point, where they saw rock climbers and found a cave.  On the first day, they hiked for four hours - 13.8 km.  On the second day the group hiked for three hours - 11 km.  Lastly, on the third day they hiked for three and a half hours - 13.5 km.  The group hiked a total of approximately 40 km, and found it extremely tiring.  They went on this hike for the sake of site seeing and to visit conservation areas.  The students were told to bring food, some of which was eaten by raccoons.  They cooked hot dogs and Kraft dinner, that were not stolen by the raccoons.  When the trip came to an end, the tired students and teachers were picked up by a bus at 1:30 PM on the last day.  “I think the kids really enjoyed themselves on their hiking trip.  They worked hard, and were very proud to have finished,” said Wilderness Trail Blazers teacher, Mark McCormack.