Monday August 31, 2015

We were late leaving our hosts in Kingston but it was a great ride. Leaving Kingston and finding our way back on to the Waterfront Trail was a bit busy with traffic. As soon as we got to the outskirts of Kingston we had a paved shoulder and Highway 2 was fairly quiet.

We passed this wood carvers place, usually there are bears and Indian figure heads, this time there was a Viking (for Melinda).

He also made wooden sheds and what I think is a sauna and hot tub!

We arrived in Gananoque at lunch time and headed towards the Tim Hortons. It was really busy with a lot of people wearing blue and support Stephen Harper badges. This was going to be a shake hands and kiss babies Tim Hortons stop for Stephen Harper on the campaign trail. We opted not to wait for him to arrive and headed out. A couple told us to make sure we take the right turn out of Gananonque as it had a good cycle path.

It had an excellent cycle path, 45 kms of off-road paved cycle path, what more could you ask for. The scenery was lovely along the Thousand Islands and the St. Lawrence River.

I think you can still buy your own island along this section of the St. Lawrence.

I saw this wonderful old stone house, which I thought would make a great Bed & Breakfast or Peddlers Rest. It would need a bit of work, but I am sure it would be lovely, it had a great view of the St. Lawrence River.

Chris, my friend asked me how we spot \”giant\” things.  Of course we are going slowly enough to see things motorists don\’t.  These giant rubber ducks were up a driveway to a campsite.

This big turtle was wandering across the cycle path.  He was the size of a dinner plate, so prehistoric.

Brockville has a nice downtown and the historic homes are well maintained and lovely.

We stayed in a century old house and it was lovely. We had the attic, which was a bit warm, but we had an air-conditioning unit which cooled the room down before we went to sleep. Mike and Dianne have travelled extensively with Mike’s work. It was nice to chat to them about where they had lived and the attitude different countries had with regard to cycling.

Dianne had to be up for work early, we were able to have an early night.