theoretically.

WARNING: MANY PHOTOS

Sometime last month, d. and I went to Tommy Thompson Park, which is the official name of the park on the spit at the bottom of Leslie Street. The spit itself extends over 5 kilometres into Lake Ontario; at it’s southernmost point it’s actually further out than the Toronto islands. It’s also completely human-made. The whole thing is basically a giant pile of broken concrete and rebar covered in lush vegetation and approximately 3000 cormorants. Cool history of the spit.

I am so into it.

GREEN

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It was a gorgeous hike, probably around 12 or 13 kilometres round trip counting all the side paths. We were also just about the only idiots walking instead of biking. TIP: if you ever want to check this place out, take a bike, seriously. A huge chunk of the trail is wide and paved, and we roasted in the heat. It’s bike heaven. OTHER TIP: BRAKE FOR SNAKES:

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Everything looked like a woodsy stock photo desktop background image:

what are those sticks in the ground, seriously

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If you enlarge the following photo, you might be able to see that every speck in the trees is a cormorant and a nest. We stumbled upon this scene after trudging down a weird deserted path through the woods, hearing the sound of a billion birds get louder and louder. SURPRISE.

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Okay seriously, get on with it. Those aren’t even the best parts.  The best parts are BETTER. Finally we reached the end of the trail, at the tip of the spit. I was all like “cool we’re going to see the beach! I want to see a turtle! I hope we see snakes! THE BEACH!” and then there was this:

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Holy shit.  I don’t know what I expected from a beach made out of concrete rubble.  SO AWESOME. It was like the end of the world. I just wanted to climb over everything and pretend like I was a hardcore survivor of some sort of world meltdown, on a journey across the country to the mythical beach paradise–only to have my hopes DASHED FOREVER when I finally stumbled out of the woods and onto the shore.  I think I read that book.

seriously.

garbage beach

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These brick sculptures were all over the place. A nice touch.

And finally, a giant rock:

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Someone go there and make a short film, thanks.