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Rigours of the Bruce Trail : High Dump to Cyprus Lake

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Rigours of the Bruce Trail Hiking from High Dump to Cyprus Lake Sleeping last night was extraordinarily refreshing. Situated on a camping platform at the base of the Niagara Escarpment, and only a short distance from the shoreline of Georgian Bay was very peaceful. The only sounds throughout the night were the calls of loons and the gentle rolling grind of the rocks on the beach as the waves slowly shifted them. As the sun lit up the sky and the side of the tent I just wanted to snuggle further down into my sleeping bag and stay forever. Today our goal seemed so simple, to make our way from the High Dump Campsite toward the main campground at Cyprus Lake at the heart of Bruce Peninsula National Park . This is a distance of only 12 kilometres or so, which given yesterday’s experiences, we assumed meant that we might well walk into Cyprus Lake around noon or slightly afterwards. How wrong this estimation would turn out to be... Climbing out of our tent and striving not to fall off t...