km total: 5239.6
It was a slow and labourious rising this morning. 6:30 turned into 7:00 before either of us decided to stir. It was almost 9:00 before we finally found ourselves packed, fed, and ready to move out - perhaps a new pace record.
Our first stop was only 15 km down the road at “All About Books” where the very hospitable Deb treated us to free coffee, good company, and a new book for only $2. And we didn’t even give her our blog address so these were not embellished for her own personal flattery.
From Deb’s place in Gananoque (gan-an-ah-kway) we were treated to a 38 km ride along the waterfront highway which, for this segment of its length, has its own separate paved and most importantly, vehicle free path. It felt like our own personal highway. As icing on the cake the “waterfront” of the “waterfront highway” was the infamous St. Lawrence River, and its opposite shore belongs to the State of New-York. Very exciting times.
Personal bike highway aka "The 1000 Islands Parkway."
Some other tourists we met along the way. We were impressed with the recumbent bike.Unfortunately, we had to jump back onto the #2 in Brockville and ride along its narrow shoulders for the final 50 km of our day. We still caught some pretty nice sights along the #2 though.
The real subject is the international bridge in the background linking us to the state of New York.
After turning 180 degrees we found this.
Corn crop at dusk.We are now in Cardinal squatting on a beautiful peninsula in the St. Lawrence midway between Canada and the US. After a quick tally we’ve realized that this is now our 14th straight night of free accommodation and thanks to Sarah (Katie’s cousin) we shall have a couple more waiting for us in Ottawa tomorrow. We can hardly wait.
Sunset over our campground on the St. Lawrence river. B&K.
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