Hastings, Campbellford, Frankford, Picton, and now Kingston

 Off to Hastings. In Hastings they have this wonderful memorial for firefighters who died in the line of duty. The names of the fireman and the cause of death are inscribed on the hose.

 We walked to the farmers market and did some shopping and then had a coffee and scones. My first scone. Very good.

 This sofa was sitting in the park area overlooking the waterfront. Looks comfy. It is made from concrete. Very deceiving.




And then we were off for Campbellford. We got weathered in at Campbellford for the second day. Weatherman was calling for rain t-storms and very high winds. Thought we should just stay where we were. Well, we had the rain, no t-storms, and no high winds. Better to be safe than sorry. Campbellford we tied at the municipal marina so we had hydro, showers, the works. There was a park with picnic tables alongside the wall, so we were able to have our cocktails and dinner together with Bob and Linda at the picnic table.

Here is a very lazy red buoy. It is laying down, won't even stand up.
We then were off for Frankford. Another great place to tie to the lock wall. Not very many places for boats, but they have hydro. What a treat.




Mom is celebrating her lost lock at Trenton. No more locks for her. She has travelled the 250 miles on the Trent Severn and 45 locks. And she never lost her pole. Well done Mom.

 This is looking back after we passed under the bridge that says you are entering the Trent Severn Waterway at Trenton. It was noon and there was still lots of time to do some more travelling. We were off for Picton. We had already made arrngements with Enterprise Car Rental to have a car for Thursday, so we were trying to make sure that we would make Kingston on Thursday. Picton is a good place to stay. They have a grassy area with picnic tables, so once again we were able to have cocktails and dinner comfortably. It is also close to the downtown area, so we had breakfast out at a delightful restaurant.

Oh yes, when we got to Picton they had given away the t-head dock that Bob and Linda had called and reserved for us, due to the size of our boat. The slips are small so the t-head would work better for us. The docks were only about 20 to 25 feet long, so we had to back into the slip. Well we don't do that often, so we were clumsy at doing it. Fortunately there was not another boat in the slip so we just had to aim for the slip and there was plenty of help to get us in. Just another boating adventure.


We woke to the perfect morning. The bay was like a mirror. Everything was so calm.

 Mom is taking in all of the sights as we make our way to Kingston. It is hard to believe that she has been with us for 3 weeks. We have had a great time together and we will miss her. She says that she is available to join us again after August 18th, as she will have fulfilled all of her committments. We will take it that she has enjoyed herself also.

We made it to Kingston in good time and were able to take in their farmers market, some of the Buskars Festival before we needed to get the rental car. While we were sitting on the boat, we had a terrific surprise, Richard Kizel a fellow financial planner, formerly from Money Concepts came to the boat. We had a quick visit and caught up with what was going on in his life, and business world.
We left Kingston about 5 pm and drove home. Arrived about 10.30pm, dropped Mom off, went home to sleep in our own bed. Then returned to Kingston. Bob and Linda had dinner for us, what great friends.

We had to leave Confederation Marina on Saturday as they were expecting a lot of boaters for the Buskars Festival. We moved over to Kingston Marina for a well needed pump out and a fuel top up and stayed for the day. We heard that Jim and Linda Murray were not far away so we stayed for the second day. The weather was nasty anyways. Rain and high winds. The boats were really rolling tied to the dock. Not a great day to be out and about. But the Murrays were. Linda said she thought they were in 35 mile an hour winds out on the bay. And when they got into Confederation Basin Marina, the waves were still 3 feet and with the winds it took 6 people to get the boat onto the dock. It took everything the 6 people had to get the boat secured.

We all had dinner together at the Lonestar Texas Grill. We finally got to meet the grandchildren; Leah and Josh. Wonderful, well spoken kids. No wonder Jim and Linda are so proud of them, and so happy to have them come and spend time with them on their boat.

Peter was off this morning to get the copper washers he needed for the injectors. He replaced another one, yesterday, an unfortunately dropped 2 and could not find them. Another success story. After 3 stops, he finally got them. They are installed and we will be ready to travel and begin our trip up the Rideau Canal to Ottawa. 125 miles and 49 locks. Half the distance of the Trent with more locks than the Trent. Jim and Linda want to be in Ottawa Sunday or Monday so they will have time to show the kids around Ottawa before they leave on the 24th.