Friday, June 27, 2014

Day 338 June 26 Confederation Basin Kingston ON

The city of Kingston, nicknamed the "Limestone City," is the fresh water sailing capital of Canada.  It was the first capital of Canada from 1841 to 1843 and is the oldest community in Canada.


Beautiful morning
 
 
Sadd has to walk and walk to get to "green" grass
 
Today we are going on the Kingston Trolley Tour where you have nine stops that you can hop on or hop off all day long.  This is one of the best ways to get an overview of the city and see a little bit of everything.
 
 
 
Stop One
 
 
 This is where we are having dinner tonight at the Irish Pub
 
 
Open Air.....
 
 
 Entrance to the Wolfe Island Ferry
 
 
 Royal Military College of Canada
 
 
You can get off and take a tour of the school
 
 
Looking back at Kingston waterfront and our Marina
 
 
Nice view of Confederation Basin
 
 
Defense Towers to protect the city
 
 
Brusey.....the "goat" of the school
 
 
 
Fort Henry that we saw when we came into port
 
 
Another view of Kingston
 
 
Hockey...snow weighted this down last winter 
 
 
Last gas light in town
 
 
Bellevue House...Home of Canada's First Prime Minister
 
 
Old Canada's Penitentiary 
 
 
 Penitentiary Today
 
 
 Queen's University
 
 
Court House
 
 
Saint James' Anglican Church
 
 
Favorite Italian Take-out
 
 
 
We are back to where we started
 
 
Off to the Farmers' Market
 
 
Lots of beautiful flowers
 
 
 Lovely bonquets
 
 
Our lunch stop
 
 
Captain's not sure
 
 
 Back to the market
 
 
 Lovely dinner with Horst and back to the boat to enjoy Kingston
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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