Belleville to Brockville
We decided to try for Brockville today so that tomorrow will be an easy day. We got underway at 9:30 and headed for Kingston. The nice weather and west wind allowed us to cruise to Kingston in good time and by 1pm we were in Tim Horton’s in Kingston for soup and tea. We then toured the Kingston waterfront before heading to Gananoque. Shortly before Gananoque we stopped at the McLaughlan Woodworking museum to check the woodworking tools. We chatted with another bike tourer in the parking lot having a cigarette break before finishing his 200km that day. (He was young and Irish). After Gananoque we took the 1000 Island Parkway to check the riverfront scenery. At the end of the parkway I navigated us onto the 401 highway for a 2 km stretch. There are no bikes allowed on the 401 so we put the pedal to the metal and zipped along at 40kph with the wind aid and the drafting from the cars and trucks. What a wild ride.
Brockville presented us with a problem - no motels along Highway 2. We had to ride 5km out of town to find a place for the night. After 161km we were too tired to ride back into town for supper so we just collapsed in our beds and drank tea and ate cookies.
No comments:
Post a Comment