Mission Continues?

After nearly ten years of attempting to snowshoe the length of the Rideau Trail (and after taking a break from doing so for nearly five years), I now suspect that my mission cannot be completed. The Rideau Trail has been re-routed more rapidly than I can visit the trail. Perhaps this is a good thing. I can visit new alignments of the Rideau Trail that are closer to home.

Ziggy the Schnauzer joined the universe in the summer of '08. While I expect that he will join me while attempting to complete the trail, I'm not comfortable confining him in the car for the 2+h drive to the southern portions of the Rideau Trail which I have yet to attempt. It might happen. Last Saturday, Ziggy and I finally got on the snow on the Rideau Trail, in the Richmond area south of Franktown Road on the extension of Conley Road. However, as of last November that alignment of the Rideau Trail was changed yet again so we actually only covered about 100m of the current trail alignment eventhough we were on trail for more than 5k, return. Considering that it's been years since I was on any yet-to-be-snowshoed segment of the trail, I should have photographed the event.