This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, after considering several other options we finally decided to do just a day trip somewhere nearby. We already have visited many nice spots around the area. One of the provincial parks that we have never been to was the Mono Cliff Provincial park in Orangeville, just about one and half hour drive from Toronto and surrounding areas. So, we decided to spend some time there. Another five of our family friends also showed interest. So, on October 10th around 11 AM we started for our destination.
There was a big surprise waiting for us as we approached the park entrance.
The park do have a large parking lot, we found out later. However, there were probably around thousand families visiting the park on that day. The line of parked cars had to be several kilometers long. I guess after being stuck or limited by COVID-19 most people felt the same way we did and wanted to get out and have some time with nature. Good thing was, noticed most people wearing masks.
A view of the parking lot
The park has many trails but most are longer than 6 kilometers. Our party had women and kids who hated hiking too long. So, we picked one of the shorter trails and walked about couple of kilometers.
