Calm
At any time of the year, Merrickville is a lovely town to visit. At least, it is in the summer and fall. I can't remember if I've been there in the spring and I have yet to visit the town, which is less than an hour from home, in the winter. Last weekend, DW and I drove out to Merrickville to meet some friends, who live in Smiths Falls, for lunch. DW and I wanted to do some hiking before meeting up, so we arrived a couple of hours ahead to walk the Limerick Forest Trail, which is just a couple of minutes outside of the town. There isn't much information about the trail online but we learned that parts of it can be inundated, especially in the spring. But because it's autumn, we didn't think we'd have any issues. The trailhead is on Scotch Line Road, which narrows in a suburban neighbourhood and becomes unmaintained. It's part dirt road and part bare bedrock. Less than 100 metres into the trail, we encountered depressions in the roadway that were underwater....
