Jack and Pat's Adventures

 July 21 st , On July 12 th , we headed for Kingston, ON and our entry into Canada. It was a nice cruise across the northern end of Lake Ontario and our interaction with Customs was via a phone call and was efficient and pleasant. Kingston is a great little city with many restaurants right outside the marina. On our second day there, we took a water taxi across the river and toured the Military Academy and Fort Henry which is a War of 1812 era fort that was built to protect the naval dock yards and the Rideau Canal which connects Kingston to Ottawa. On July 14 th , we headed towards the Trent Severn Waterway with a stop in a small marina in Picton to break up the distance. After one night in Picton, we headed to Trent Port Marina which sits right at the entry to the Trent Severn Waterway. It is by far the nicest marina we have stayed in. It was a beautiful facility with shower rooms that you would find at the nicest hotels and a laundry room with all new machines that were clea...

  July 10 th We are currently in the Thousand Islands on the St Lawrence River. (Full disclosure: There are over 1800 islands in the Thousand Island area) Lore has it, when the islands were more accurately counted, it was decided not to change the name to 1800 Islands because they would have to change the name of the salad dressing that was developed at an Inn in the Thousand Islands. In order for a piece of land to be designated as an island here, it must have at least one tree and one shrub growing on it and be above the water 365 days a year. We saw “islands’ that were no more than 20 feet long. To get to the Thousand Islands, we had to cruise northwest up Lake Ontario. The original marine forecast was calling for a pleasant cruise, however, when we left the shelter of Oswego Marina and entered the lake it was quite clear that it was not going to be that smooth. While the waves were not that high, the swells quickly sent me to the cabin for Dramamine.   Our first stop...

 July 6th On June 29th we headed to Little Falls, NY in the rain. While we were underway we discovered that we had a fuel leak in our port engine so we had to shut that engine off and limped our way through the remaining locks and to our next marina. Backing into a spot on a dock between 2 other boats with one engine can be quite challenging but with the assistance of Loopers who had already arrived at the marina and Jack's skill we were able to tie up. Jack was able to repair the issue in time for us to have docktails with our Looper friends. On June 30th we headed to Ilion Marina to catch up with Evan and Michael our good friends on "Strummin' Along" and another couple whom they have been buddy boating with for several weeks (Suzy and Don, "Tranquility" We had dinner together and then the next day (July 1st) we all continued on the Erie Canal to Sylvan Beach which is on the east end of Oneida Lake, We tied up to a wall for the night along with 4 other Loop...