Sunny Days: Canada

This country girl has never been to Canada so I am really looking forward to it. There was a terrific/calm bay right off Boldt Castle and the night promised to be calm and warm so we anchored (for the first time in a year) and enjoyed a wonderful evening. Bright and early we took off with Rahn de Vous through the middle channel and Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The ride down Middle Channel, through the Navy Islands, down the Bateau Channel was a bit confusing. We crossed paths with 2 cable driven ferries-- once they are docked at either end, the cable drops to about 30 ft. deep and we can then cross. Weaving in and out of many of the 1800 Islands that make up the 1000 Islands area was interesting and full of beautiful summer homes and the converging waters made for some churning water. By 1pm we pulled into Confederation Basin in the Kingston Harbor, we checked in with Canadian Customs and declared all our alcohol. They were unconcerned with our open bottles so we just confessed to our bottles of wine. Seems they will let alcoholics slide. In Canada we are now a number—20151690323….Kingston is a pretty big town with lots of restaurants and shops. It is the home of Canada’s only military academy and has a lot of historical sights (they love the War of 1812 up here) and museums. We will spend a couple of days here. Today is Craig’s birthday and our 39th anniversary so we are going to Chez Piggy--it was started by a guy who played with the Lovin Spoonful back in the day named Zal Yanovsky. He and his wife opened it 33 years ago and now their daughter runs it.