Friday, July 4, 2014

Day 340 June 28 38 mi Tip of the Bay Marina Picton ON

Beautiful day.....sunny.....no wind.....going to be GREAT!!!!
Kingston is getting ready for Canada Day and Confederation Basin is one busy place.  The transient docks are full....you needed a reservation....
Departure is 9:45AM with Kingston on our starboard and Wolfe Island on our port.  We do not go outside on Lake Ontario and stay on the North Channel which is a clear 10-mile run to Upper Gap.


Small entrance and exit to Confederation Basin
 
 
A boat was waiting for us to leave
 
 
Queen B is staying a month
 
 
Kingston Mariner Museum
 
 
Wind Farm on Wolfe Island
 
 
Four Murney Towers in Kingston....built for protection in 1846
 
 
Kingston Penitentiary built between 1870 and 1873
 
 
Kingston Hospital complexes
 
 
Brothers Shoal but we are in 100' of water in the channel
 
 
Rural Amherst Island has a year-round population of around 400 people, 500 cows and 3000-plus sheep.  The island is dotted with farms and a few cottages.
 
 
Frontenac II runs the 3 miles between Amherst Island and the mainland 365 days a year.
 
Lafarge Canada
 
 
Upper Gap....Lake Ontario out there....choppy
 
 
If you don't mind I'll just stay here
 
 
Lennox Generating Station
 
 
Channel narrows with rural setting on the mainland
 
 
Lighthouse on starboard
 
 
My Summer Spot
 
 
Adolphus Town
 
 
Free Glendora Ferry
 
 
Cars waiting to go to Prince Edward County
 
 
The Ferry system is part of the historic Loyalist Parkway
 
 
From the water you see the County as the first Loyalist settlers saw it!!!
 
 
Essroc Italcement Group tells us to turn to port
 
 
Picton Bay
 
 
Picton Harbor is surrounded on all sides by high hills, much like a fjord
 
 
So pretty....So Green.....No Snow....
 
 
Channel is well marked Captain
 
 
Picton is one of the finest land-locked small harbors in Canada
 
 
Sanctuary with Jimmy and Meg
 
 
Harbor police
 
 
Out in my Woody with my ole dog
 
 
1.1 liters for $37....oh me
 
 
Estrellita with Burke and Stel and Fruitcakes with Andy and Julie
 
 
I like my cool air
 
 
Jimmy, Meg and Stel
 
 
Horst and Julie
 
 
Mexican Dominoes tonight
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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