Days 3-7: Cobourg-St. Lazre

We crossed the Quebec border today! We celebrated with avocado and peanut butter sandwhiches (yum!) right at the signpost. But! More about that later. Now, to catch up on the last few (and very eventful) days.

Leaving Cobourg, on day three, felt amazing. We were finally on our way! The ride was drizzly, but we thought of it as an opportunity to to test out our waterproofing skills. We decied to go a little of-route and dip down to Prince Edward County to see what all the fuss about this county was. Turns out, it is worth fussing over. It was beautiful, a quaint farming community, with lots of friendly people. One of these people included Pat, a UPS driver who got out of his truck and stood in the rain helping us figure out where we should camp for the evening.

We headed into Consecon, a small town on the south-west of the county. Outside of the general store, Sheila, a retired high school teacher, gardener and music-enthusiast, asked us if we`d like to stay with her. Her cute stone house overlooked a large field complete with bales of hay, and led out onto the water. She cooked us garlic tops (a new thing for both of us, yum!), gave us a bottle of wine, and left us to enjoy her home.

On to Kingston!!!!!!!!!!!

A sunny day! We biked through the county and had lunch at the Painted Peppercorn (ha!) in Picton. We borded the Glenora-Adolphustown ferry (surprisingly we were the only cyclists)and rode the beautiful highway 33 to Kingston. On the way, we stopped in Bath to fill up our water bottles (with BATH WATER!!!!!!!!! Ha!) Hans, owner of the Loyalist Music Store, kindly gave us the bath water and fixed our melodica!!!

We stayed with Daphne`s grandparents, Gerry and Mary Ev, in their lovely and cozy home. They fed us verrry well and gave us a tour of their impressive garden, complete with monk`s hood, a highly poisonous flower! Da da daaaa.

We must celebrate our border crossing with some dinner and a pint! More later!

Much love,
Sean and Larissa