Recipe for turning 10 miles…
into 10 hours
Montreal-Quebec Trek, Grades 10-12
From the lighthouse hostel in Cape Vincent, NY to
Kingston, Ontario is about ten miles - two miles
along Lake Ontario, the ferry to Canada, eight miles
of countryside across Wolfe Island and the ferry to
Kingston. Ten miles takes an hour or less... unless
you find trouble or fun along the way.
Ingredients:
· 6 incredible high school students, 2 leaders + 8
bikes
· 1 Frisbee
· 1 picnic lunch
· 1 corn maze with bunnies
· 1 island village with bakery
· 1 concrete block in the water
1) Load bikes and pedal 2 miles to Cape Vincent.
Buy lunch, eat the ice cream before it melts and
play frisbee on village green (1 hour)
2) Take the ferry across to Wolfe Island, ride t
shade and have a picnic (1 hour)
3) Ride through farmland, stop at corn maze advertised
on the side of the road. Get lost in a corn
field, hang out with amazing maze family and pet
the bunnies (2 hours). Get inside scoop on best
swimming on the island.
4) Bike to Marysville and wait for leaders with short
attention spans around ambulances and fire
trucks (0.5 hour)
5) EAT sweet things at the Wolfe Island Bakery (1
hour)
6) Bike to and jump off of high concrete pillar at
the winter ferry dock (1.5 hours of jumping and
swimming)
7) Fine dining and sunset off the beaten tourist path
at Browns Bay Inn (2 hours)
8) Bike back to town and take the ferry to Kingston (1 hour)
~ Carol Sevin, Trip Leader
