Oswego Town Wall

We are awaiting the opening of the locks here in Oswego.  It looks like we will be "River Rats" again.  All the rain that fell has caused the Rivers to rise to flood conditions both here and in the Erie Canal.  We have to wait and see how long it will take for the water to recede and for the Canal System to get aids to navigation back on station.

Navy Point Marina, Sackets Harbor, NY

 

43 56.960N

76 07.251W

Couple day rain delay here in Sackets Harbor, dedicated fishermen in the rain.

Along the St. Lawrence heading for Lake Ontario

Leaving Alex Bay as the sun is rising

Hutchinsons Marina, Alex Bay, NY

44 20.091N

75 55.234W

Downtown Alex Bay, NY

All the tour boats going to Bolt Castle on Heart Island.  This Castle is being restored because it fell into complete disrepair

They rent this castle out for $750 per night for the first couple and then $60 each additional person.  You have the whole island to yourself!

Here is an old friend of ours

View out of a window on the third floor

This castle did not have to be restored just updated because someone lived in it continuously.  The original owner was the third president of Singer Sewing Machine Company and introduced buying on time.

Dark Island, Singer Castle

Cedar Island Park, NY

44 26.984N

75 47.370W

Looking through the Gazebo

On the Island

Our quiet dockage at Cedar Island

Thousand Island Bridge on Hill Island connecting US and Canada

Some of the scenes along the way.  We liked the colorful chairs.

Canadian side of the St. Lawrence River

Driving from the rear

Anchorage Lindsay Island

44 18.477N

76 10.758W

One of the old hotels in town

Our last ice cream in Canada (and we had many)--we have $.26 Canadian left

Anchorage is near Gananoque and the tour boats of the 1000 Islands abound

Fort Henry across from downtown Kingston.  Built to defend against the US after the war of 1812.

Across Kingston Harbor is Wolfe Island with all the windmills.  Yesterday it was too windy and all the mills were turned off.  When the wind gets to a certain velocity they turn the windmills off so that the blade tips do not reach the speed of sound and create a sonic boom, which would destroy the blades.  The windmill farm creates enough electricity to power all of Kingston.

Still in Kingston, Ontario

City Hall, I love all the limestone buildings

Tour trolley

Old train station now a tourist info center near the marina

Looking out over Confederation Park and our marina

Kingston Confederation Basin Marina

44 13.629N

76 28.721W

Dinner with fellow "loopers", Owen and Linda aboard Kokomo II.  We last saw them in St Anne du Bellevue.  Ed and Owen were comparing notes on getting into the slips with high winds.  They both aborted their trys at least two times and, of course, we had an audience on the dock.  Kokomo II came in two days before us.

City Hall.  Kingston is a large city on Lake Ontario and at the end of the Rideau Canal

Along the Rideau Canal

Kingston Mills, flight of three.  There are four all together but the first one is separated from the other three by a turning basin