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« on: August 02, 2011, 07:42:43 AM »

For the Civic Holiday this past Monday, August 1st (Canadian Holiday), I met up with Paul, his wife Laurie and a few other friends and we went on a ride of Prince Edward County. The weather was beautiful and hot. We met up for breakfast in Napanee, ON (home of Avril Lavigne) and set out from there.
For those of you who don't know, Prince Edward County has a fairly successful Wine Industry and apple growing industry. Along with allot of other types of agriculture. And the landscape is very picturesque.

Setting out after breakfast we had a nice ride along some Lake Ontario shoreline around Hay Bay and ended up at the Glenora Ferry.

Here's the gang waiting for the Ferry...




Woohoo! Free boat ride!



There are actually two ferry's that run at a time. Wait times are approx 15 mins when both ferry's are in service.

After crossing the ferry, we made a quick turn and drove up to see Lake On The Mountain


The deal is this is a lake that is located 62 meters above the bay that we just came across on the ferry. Its not normally natural for a lake to form this high up in Limestone bedrock. If you read the hotlink above you'll see that there are many speculations as to how this lake formed. Here is the most accepted belief on a plaque in front of the lake...


And a quick look at the lake itself...


Across the road from the lake on the mountain is a look-out spot that has a beautiful view of the ferry's running below...



And now a quick 2 min video of some of the roads we experienced. At the end of the video you see us pulling into the Black River Cheese Co, where we had some ice cream in the shade  knary
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« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2011, 08:46:48 AM »

Nice - thanks for the report.  super
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« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2011, 09:38:14 AM »

Very cool Gammer!  thumb

What are the temps like up your way around this time of year?
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« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2011, 09:45:36 AM »

Something about the picture on the ferry makes me feel like I am there. Can feel the warm wind and the lake chop.  jkam
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« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2011, 09:49:06 AM »

What are the temps like up your way around this time of year?

We just had that heat wave that 'everyone' had and it continues to be hot and humid. Temps in the heat wave had a "feels like" temp of 100 - 110 degrees. Now we're averaging temps from the low to mid 90's

BTW, the Latitude of Prince Edward County is the same of that in some parts of California. Hence the reason there is a wine industry there.
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« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2011, 10:11:36 AM »

You gotta love the Midwest...all the temperature extremes you could want, and most you don't.  happy1
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« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2011, 10:17:33 AM »

Nice ride, thanks for taking us along. Whats the deal with the free ferry ride.
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« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2011, 11:05:04 AM »

Whats the deal with the free ferry ride.

Our provincial taxes pay for it. There's a couple more free ferry boat rides in the area too.
A fun one, is to take the ferry from my town Kingston, to Wolfe island. Then scoot across the island to a private ferry (I think it costs $8 US) that takes you to Cape Vincent, NY. Have lunch on the waterfront and scoot back  thumb
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« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2011, 04:50:26 PM »

Thanks Jeff for the report..better pictures than mine Sad
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« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2011, 08:01:25 AM »

Nice report pics and video.  A boat and bike ride on the same day, sounds perfect to me.
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« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2011, 12:54:26 PM »

Can't believe I missed this one.  Nicely done, Gammer - the mac header sounds nice.  Was that pink hair or a helmet mohawk you were following?
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