The 1000 Islands region is a protected wilderness of coniferous forests, lakes, and rivers – home to thousands of different wildlife species. The secret bays and inlets of the Saint Lawrence River hide a rugged coastline of granite and limestone rock formations, forest, and coarse grasses. With our bikes loaded onto the truck carrier, we set off to discover the village of Rockport, Ontario, and the secrets of ‘the 1000 Islands.’ The Bays and Inlets of the Saint Lawrence River We planned a day out, a one-hour drive in our truck, followed by a leisurely bike ride on the relatively level and picturesque 1000 Island Parkway, and cycle path and then lunch on the patio of the Cornwall Pub in Rockport. ![]() Both Linda and I had received our second COVID-19 vaccinations, and we were definitely ready to explore. Now, it was the first weekend of July the COVID-19 lockdown had just moved to stage two. Since April, we had been back on our seasonal campsite at Rideau Acres RV Park,, Kingston, Ontario. Rather than spend the winter in our trailer, we rented a furnished house in Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the borders were closed, and like most other Canadians, we spent the winter months ‘enjoying’ the cold and snow here at home in Canada. Unfortunately, the winter of 2019/2020 proved to be the exception. As full-time Canadian RVers, Linda and I have spent 15 of the last 16 winters in the southern USA and Mexico.
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