Sandbanks and Picton
After shopping in nearby Brighton, we arrived at Sandbanks provincial Park in the early evening, set up camp and prepared dinner. For the first week of September there were quite a few people still there, but many of the camping areas have closed for the season so anyone that was camping was placed in one area of the park. So it perhaps felt more crowded than it really was. Having not purchased any firewood, we spent the evening walking the beach in the dark and stargazing.
The next morning dawned sunny and seemed like a great day for cycling. We had a quick breakfast and headed out. Our first destination was Picton. We took a bit of a scenic route, checked out the millennium Look Out just outside of Picton and then hit yet another screaming descent into town. We checked out the large (and I believe first built) church in the town as well as the war memorial. Then the next order of business was finding a coffee shop for some much needed morning coffee. I knew of one place I wanted to try buy could not remember the name of it, so we settled on the Regent Cafe (inside the old Regent Theatre) and took up a nice spot on their front patio. When I asked the woman there how to get to the cheese factory she gave us a great tourism book that came in handy in more ways than one. It was then that I found the name of the cafe I had been looking for: The Bean Counter Cafe. Having my fill of coffee, I decided to try and find an excuse to come back to Picton to try it.
From Picton we headed south east to Waupoos where we stopped at the South Marysburg pub and had an excellent lunch. Shayne has what was probably the best hummus I have ever tasted and I had a BLT with peameal bacon that was delicious. Here we also met up with another cyclist. A retired man that had actually cycled in from Toronto and was touring the area as well.
From Waupoos we headed on to the Black River Cheese factory where we stopped to peek in the shop. Shayne bought some cheese curds and I tasted all the cheese samples. It was a hot day and there was no way any cheese was going to make it back to our campsite.
After the cheese factory we had intended to head to Little Bluff which has an excellent view and a pebble beach. But we found some of the road under construction and we didn't know how long the road conditions would be poor. So we turned around and decided we would drive out there when we had some time. So we headed on towards Milford and then back to Sanbanks provincial Park .
This particular area of Prince Edward County is definitely more hilly. Towards the end of the day the heat and the climbing was getting tougher. Swimming at Sanbanks provincial Park that afternoon was an excellent end to the day.
I think we covered about 75 kilometers or so this day.
The next morning dawned sunny and seemed like a great day for cycling. We had a quick breakfast and headed out. Our first destination was Picton. We took a bit of a scenic route, checked out the millennium Look Out just outside of Picton and then hit yet another screaming descent into town. We checked out the large (and I believe first built) church in the town as well as the war memorial. Then the next order of business was finding a coffee shop for some much needed morning coffee. I knew of one place I wanted to try buy could not remember the name of it, so we settled on the Regent Cafe (inside the old Regent Theatre) and took up a nice spot on their front patio. When I asked the woman there how to get to the cheese factory she gave us a great tourism book that came in handy in more ways than one. It was then that I found the name of the cafe I had been looking for: The Bean Counter Cafe. Having my fill of coffee, I decided to try and find an excuse to come back to Picton to try it.
From Picton we headed south east to Waupoos where we stopped at the South Marysburg pub and had an excellent lunch. Shayne has what was probably the best hummus I have ever tasted and I had a BLT with peameal bacon that was delicious. Here we also met up with another cyclist. A retired man that had actually cycled in from Toronto and was touring the area as well.
From Waupoos we headed on to the Black River Cheese factory where we stopped to peek in the shop. Shayne bought some cheese curds and I tasted all the cheese samples. It was a hot day and there was no way any cheese was going to make it back to our campsite.
After the cheese factory we had intended to head to Little Bluff which has an excellent view and a pebble beach. But we found some of the road under construction and we didn't know how long the road conditions would be poor. So we turned around and decided we would drive out there when we had some time. So we headed on towards Milford and then back to Sanbanks provincial Park .
This particular area of Prince Edward County is definitely more hilly. Towards the end of the day the heat and the climbing was getting tougher. Swimming at Sanbanks provincial Park that afternoon was an excellent end to the day.
I think we covered about 75 kilometers or so this day.
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