{"id":10022,"date":"2025-09-21T11:48:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T15:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldsaltsclub.com\/wp\/?p=10022"},"modified":"2025-09-21T11:48:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T15:48:19","slug":"fall-paddle-grindstone-creek-hamilton-harbour-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldsaltsclub.com\/wp\/2025\/09\/21\/fall-paddle-grindstone-creek-hamilton-harbour-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Paddle: Grindstone Creek\/Hamilton Harbour (New)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Where:<\/strong> Grindstone Creek \/ Hamilton Harbour<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>When:<\/strong> Tuesday, September 30, 2025<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 8:30 a.m., (at the shed)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Trip Organizer:<\/strong> Michael De Andrade<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Tower<\/strong>: TBA<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Skill Level Required<\/strong> &#8211; Beginner<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Trip Fee<\/strong> &#8211; $8:00\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><i>Trip Details:\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">This is a relatively easy paddle on Grindstone Creek near the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario. The surrounding wetlands are rich in biodiversity and wildlife. The distance by canoe is approximately 4 kilometres (return). Upon completion of Grindstone Creek, we will venture into Hamilton Harbour to the Coates Paradise access point then back to the designated parking lot.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><i><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Carpooling:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Should you choose to carpool, please make arrangements before we meet Tuesday morning.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">If you carpool, please reimburse your driver ($5 would be appropriate for this trip.) If you drive in a different car each way, please reimburse both drivers.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><i>Bring:<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Lunch\/snacks, water, hat, sunscreen, PFD, &amp; proper footwear. No flip-flops or crocs\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>AND<\/strong><\/span> <i><u>Emergency Contact Card<\/u>\u2014<\/i><u>and tell your paddling partner where it is!<\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><i>Register for Trip:<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Contact:<strong> Michael De Andrade<\/strong>\u00a0to register, <u>advising if you paddle stern or bow. <\/u>Email:<a id=\"OWA3a2c017c-9c9a-15d1-a472-dd39ec9fdc23\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"mailto:annewoolner@hotmail.com\" href=\"mailto:annewoolner@hotmail.com\" data-linkindex=\"0\">\u00a0mdeanrade@hotmail.com \u00a0<\/a>Phone: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><u>519-716-5067<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">*You will receive an email to confirm your registration.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">*If you don\u2019t receive a confirmation email by Monday night, contact the Trip Leader to ensure you\u2019re on the list.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #008000;\"><i>If you change your mind, or are unable to paddle for some reason, please let the Trip Leader know asap as this will affect number of canoes required, partners etc.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><u>PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL THE MORNING OF THE TRIP IN CASE OF CANCELLATION<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where: Grindstone Creek \/ Hamilton Harbour When: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 Time: 8:30 a.m., (at the shed) Trip Organizer: Michael De Andrade Tower: TBA Skill Level Required &#8211; Beginner Trip Fee &#8211; $8:00\u00a0 Trip Details:\u00a0 This is a relatively easy paddle on Grindstone Creek near the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario. The surrounding wetlands &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oldsaltsclub.com\/wp\/2025\/09\/21\/fall-paddle-grindstone-creek-hamilton-harbour-new\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fall Paddle: Grindstone Creek\/Hamilton Harbour (New)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldsaltsclub.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldsaltsclub.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldsaltsclub.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldsaltsclub.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldsaltsclub.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10022"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/oldsaltsclub.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10028,"href":"https:\/\/oldsaltsclub.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10022\/revisions\/10028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldsaltsclub.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldsaltsclub.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldsaltsclub.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldsaltsclub.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}