Kingston and Thousand Islands

Day 14, Wednesday

One of the first things we did here in Kingston when we arrived was to take a trolley tour of the area. We drove across the causeway that we had just passed through on our boat and saw Fort Henry and the Canadian Military Academy, then back into the old city to see historic homes and businesses. It was a good way to get a feel for the city. None of us brought our cameras so we don’t have any pictures to show you.

This morning we walked up Princess Street where many of the restaurants and shops are. We were on a mission to find a grocery, which we did, but we couldn’t resist a stop at a local bakery and deli where we bought croissants and an assortment of salads for lunch. We are eating very well on this trip! We also had to stop at the brand new Limestone City Cupcakery. When it opened its big claim was that it had bacon flavored cupcakes, but they only bake them on Saturdays. We had to support the local economy and bought an assortment. We each had one for lunch and rated them 5 stars out of 4!

This picture reminds me of a quilt with the reflection of the tile floor

Lily - self portrait, "Who do you love?"

After our walk and gourmet lunch we chilled on the boat napping and reading. The captain went over his nautical charts for the St. Lawrence River. We will shove off and start down the St. Lawrence River and through the Thousand Islands in the morning.


Day 15, Thursday

I will let the pictures do the talking:

8:00 am : goodbye Kingston - weather: redundant

Windmills on Wolf Island supply power to all of Kingston

In the Thousand Islands - there were buildings on most of them

Quaint house in the islands - the stonework looked like an owl

Ospreys for the bird watchers

Close-up

View from our boat tied up in Brockville, Ont. - an occasional tanker glides by,
this one is headed north

Sailboat regatta started promptly at 6pm - there were dozens of boats

9:00pm - Four mariners enjoying the quiet in the gloaming

Captain’s Log, July 5

Depart Confederation Marina, Kingston 7:50am
Diesel & pump out Kingston Yacht Club 8:00 am, 20 gals
Arrive Brockville, Ontario 2:30 pm
5 hr, 45 min overall – 5.1 hr engine   43.17 nautical miles
WX – clear, winds 5-10 kts, west to calm