High Spirits Great Loop Voyage: Kingston, On

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Kingston, On

We did have to wait a few minutes for the bascule bridge on the Lasalle Causeway to open.

Looked like a dredger along the channel in the River Styx, when we got there they seemed to be piling rocks into the bucket. looked like they were going to put them into the water.

We have just completed the Rideau. At breakfast on the back deck this morning, watched the Canadian Geese swimming around us on the water; we did have to be very careful walking up to the bathrooms, we had to watch every step because the geese had obviously spent a lot of time on the grass. Worked our way down the Rideau, this section is so pretty, much of it is no wake zone, so we had to go slowly. The locks were all pretty well ready and waiting for us, so no delays. We have met a couple of boats off and on as we have travelled, they went through the locks on the St. Lawrence with us, then stayed at St. Anne de Bellevue, went through Carillon locks with us, met them at many of the locks on the Rideau; In many cases they pull out and pass us, then pull into the next lock and stay there, we are not sure why they bothered to pass. Expected that we might see them pop out behind us again today (and passing us), but so far have not seen them. Lots of tourists at Kingston Mills locks, one couple from Bermuda, many interested in visiting with us and hearing about our travels.
Had to wait about 20 minutes for the bascule bridge here in Kingston to open, then we came around into Confederation Basin. As usual, breezy here in Kingston.
We went for a walk up the street, picked up a few things we needed, then went to the Lonestar for dinner. Nancy and Eddie were lonesome for Texas. Very good dinner, then back to a concert in the park by the marina. The lady in the tourist booth told us that Sugarland were playing, so we were all excited. It actually was a local singer called Sugar Plum. She was good, but she was not Sugarland.