Tag: Bishop
Hilton Hawaiian Village’s Tapa Tower Awarded Prestigious LEED Green Building Certification
Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort announced that its Tapa Tower has been LEED Certified, becoming the first LEED-certified tower within the Park Hotels & Resorts portfolio. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), is the world’s most widely used green building … [continued]
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Trail Talk: Butterflies, moths and caterpillars
HURON – On Tuesday, August 5, I joined 21 other Trompers at the Wawanosh Valley Conservation Area trails. Along the trail there is the best group of wildflowers I have ever seen, which is where I took a photo of the group. At 9:15 a.m. there was a hummingbird clearwing but only one butterfly in […]
Trail Talk: Boardwalks and meshes
If you have walked in the Maitland Woods recently you might have noticed some wire mesh installed on number two boardwalk. There is a history behind this addition. The Maitland Trail has installed many boardwalks and bridges. There is one bridge and 26 boardwalks in the Maitland Woods and many more along the main Maitland […]
Honouring Our Local Veterans to mark 25 years with reunion event
Over the last 25 years, 219 veterans have been honoured at the Billy Bishop Museum events
Trail Talk: Cycling at MacGregor Point
I joined the Maitland Trail Association bicycle outing at MacGregor Point Provincial Park on Sunday, July 20. Don Andrews led the group of 11 on what I found were very confusing intersecting trails, without losing anyone. As usual the highlight was the stop near the end for ice cream. The Tuesday Trompers have been having […]