Blogs from Gananoque, Ontario, Canada, North America

Geo: 44.3247, -76.1613Today we drove for 2.5hr to the town of Gananoque, at the eastern end of Lake Ontario. This is where the St Lawrence River starts its journey through Montreal and Quebec to the North Atlantic Ocean. Gananoque is one of the tourist ports for the area's "1000 Islands" - home to many mansions, and to the salad dressing.Unfortunately the good weather we were enjoying in Toronto at the start of the trip did not last and the overcast conditions did not do justice to the beauty of the islands.In the evening we caught up with Eddie McLean who is working on Canadian mining projects until the end of the year.... read more

Kitchener, Peterborough and the Kawarthas, Prince Edward Country, 1000 Islands – 13-15 August 2016 Travelling from Niagara Falls area we headed west through Hamilton to Kitchener. We were ready for a coffee so we found a wonderful bakery with outside seating as it was a lovely warm day with a gentle breeze. We walked inside and what we saw was what we were hoping ….. Kitchener Buns, our favourite buns from the German area of the Barossa Valley and Handoff in Adelaide. These buns have very unique tasting dough and are so moist. They are called Berlin Buns in Kitchener (interesting!!) and instead of having cream inside them, they had either vanilla cream custard or chocolate cream, but the bun tasted the same. Tom & I shared one over a lovely coffee. They also had the ... read more

We stayed at Radisson Suites last night in Toronto, checked in near midnight after all our night-time fun. Slept too late this morning and didn't get going until ten. We've learned to grab good coffee at the Tim Horton chain fast food places...quick, and cheap. We arrived at Gananoque in the early afternoon and what a sweet little town it is. We are here because it is one of the centers of activity for the Thousand Islands, one of the major stops of this trip. We are staying at the Riverview Bed and Breakfast, the couple that own it are fun and intelligent and our room is comfortable with a jacuzzi tub. There are only three rooms in the house and they are all full tonight. We will meet everyone tomorrow at breakfast. There are really ... read more