June 25 – 26, 2022
7249 & 7251 St. Lawrence Weekend
June 25 – 26, 2022
Write-up: Jerry Stewart
Leader – Bike: Jerry Stewart
Co-Leader – Bike: Lori Waterman
Leader – Kayak: Emil Misiaszek
Co-Leader – Kayak: Jerry Stewart
Storytime for you, Tramp international weekend on the river. Last weekend we had both a bike & a paddle on the schedule and it sure didn’t disappoint those who came for it. Saturday was a bike into Gananoque, 3 of us went.
Beautiful day, great trail and with me leading the way off we went. Getting through town tends to be a little tricky. No shoulders on the main road and a little traffic we weaved through sidewalks, parking lots and side streets to our first destination. Gannonogue Brewery. With only 2 people in tow you’d think keeping them behind you would be simple. I stopped by the waterfront and no one was there. Bobbie showed up and said where’s Lori? Uh oh! How am I going to tell her parents & family that I lost her in a foreign land?!😬
After waiting a few minutes and not seeing her I knew where to look. At the brewery.
We’re locals in this town and know our way around. Sure enough she was there when we arrived. Phew, disaster averted! Not being noon yet we went to Centennial Park across the street for a snack & to take in the sights.
Sampled some of their crafts and off to the food truck for some great poutine! You have to eat to pedal ya know.
Arriving back to the truck with some time to spare we went to find the tall ships in Brockport. Pretty cool to see, would I want to cross the ocean in one of those?…. 😳 no way!
Total bike distance, around 20 miles.
Sundays kayak started at fellow tramp Emil Misiaszek”s place on Wellesley Island. He was all set up for us, 8 brave adventurers put in. Engineering background, Emil had mounted an electric trolling motor to his kayak and away we went. (Sidebar, he’s one of the strongest paddlers I know, even in his 80’s. He needs an electric motor like Chuck Balser does on a bicycle! ) Off we went through the islands, a loon popped up out of nowhere and chatted with us. How Emil arranged that I will never know. I asked him, he just laughed. Reaching the Canadian channel some decided they had gone far enough so we split into 2 groups. I pressed on with Lori & Walter through the lost channel down the international riff and back to camp. No, we didn’t get lost, lake of the isles is quite long. Our paddle, about 10 miles. We were treated to a cookout at Emil’s after and shared stories from our trek.
Saturday evening Nancy invited all of us to her daughter’s camp for dinner, what a place! It was there I saw for the first time ever a mermaid! I was told I should quickly return it to the water but good sense told me she’d go in when she was ready! 🤣
How was your weekend? There is no redo button, mash the gas!