Kingston to Ottawa (Part 1)
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The first day of the trip involved loading everything on to my bicycle and cycling down Yonge Street to Union Station in Toronto. There I dismantled my bicycle (remove peddles and rotate handlebars) and loaded into a box for VIA rail. I had rehearsed this but a cyclist who arrived shortly after me, could not get his peddles off and damaged my peddle wrench in the process. It was a full train from Toronto to Kingston. I arrived in Kingston in the early afternoon.
In Kingston, I had a reservation at the Alexander Henry Bed and Breakfast (link) at the Great Lakes Maritime Museum. I cycled around Kingston, including over to the Fort Frederick Museum at the Royal Miliary College. Around 5pm, I checked in to the B&B and spent the rest of the evening on foot. I walked through the downtown and past Queens University before having dinner.
In the morning, the remains of Hurrican Katrina provided torrential rain and wind. I headed off anyway on my bicycle. My first stop was at the Kingston Mills locks just north of Kingston - it was still raining so I barely slowed down. From there, I continued north, along Highway 11 and 10 to Perth Road. There I branched off the highway onto the Cataraqui Trail. After an exhausting ride along this trail, I had lunch at Chaffey's Locks. From there, I headed north to Crosby and then west to Westport, arriving at 4:30. After a shower and nap at the Toybox B&B, I walked into Westport for dinner.
