Joiner's Musings

 My wife and I decided to get out of the house Saturday last. What to do? Go to the mall? Go for a drive? Well, partly. Looking east We packed a lunch and headed to Rogart Mountain which as you can see by the photos is not really a mountain. In fact nothing is really a mountain in Nova Scotia. We just have big hills, lots of big hills. Rogart mountain (elev. 1125ft) is located about 40 minutes from our home and is in in Earltown, Colchester County. As far as I can tell the name came from a place called Rogart in Scotland. Panorama of Rogart Mountain It is a 6.2 kilometer wilderness loop trail. The trail was built by the Eco-Trails Society and is part of the Cape to Cape trailIt is indeed a wilderness trail and all that implies; wet, muddy, fallen branches, rocky, and steep in some sections. Old stone wall At the trail-head warns that it as "for those who are fit". Are we fit? We don't really think so, but what the heck, we did all 6.2 kilometers and