After clearing US Customs on Monday afternoon, we docked in ALEXANDRIA BAY for the night. The town has a free dock in the bay, but we have been remote for over a week and wanted to fill our water tank and plug into hydro to fully charge both batteries. We secured Thistle to the town dock (for about an hour) and proceeded to look at our Marina options. There are quite a few choices in touristy ALEXANDRIA BAY. We selected the Riveredge Resort Hotel and Marina, with a view of Bodlt Castle, showers, laundry and use of all the hotel facilities including a pool. It was worth the $2.50 a foot charge :)
On Tuesday we worked our way one town closer to crossing Lake Ontario, and docked on the town wall in CLAYTON. The town is famous for its Antique Boat Museum and the Thousand Island Inn. It's a nice residential town with a few restaurants and pubs. Since we are back in the USA with favorable fuel prices, we filled Thistle with diesel for the second time time this summer. On Wednesday morning we had a loud surprise at 6 am ... the "official" start of a huge Bass Fishing Tournament ! The Star-Spangled Banner being sung full volume over the loud speaker and then all 48 boats being introduced to start the tournament...unique and interesting, but very early?
Since we were up early on Wednesday we checked the Marine Weather Forecast, and decided to depart on the long and unpredictable Lake Ontario crossing...We got a little past CAPE VINCENT and the wind and waves picked up considerably ... (Three foot swells and wind clocking 15 + knots). Safey is always first so, we turned around and docked on the town wall in CAPE VINCENT. Currently we are waiting and waiting and waiting for a safe opportunity to cross Lake Ontario to Oswego, New York. CAPE VINCENT is a very nice small town and we have taken full advantage of local events and side trips.
Oh...In the low 40's tonight - Burrrrrrrrr ... Summer is over! XO
Monday: ALEXANDRIA BAY
Tuesday: CLAYTON - Red Line
Wednesday: CAPE VINCENT - Blue Line
ALEXANDRIA BAY.
Thistle docked at the Riveredge Resort with a view off our stern of Boldt Castle.
CLAYTON's Antiuque Boat Museum.
203 gallons of Diesel @ 82 engine hours = 2.5 gallons per hour at 8 knots. Diesel @ $4.39 ... You can check the math !
Start of the Bass Tournament at 6am :)
CAPE VINCENT.
Severe Weather the next two days....this is the same storm that crippled Calgary a few days ago with a wild early snow storm! Thistle at the town dock, waiting for our next opportunity to cross Lake Ontario (Red Line).
We put on our helmets and got out our passports... took two ferries and rode 7 miles by bike back to our favorite lunch spot in Kingston (shared smoked salmon salad, mussels in a garlic wine sauce :) Then took the same route back to CAPE VINCENT before sunset.
The biggest local event in CAPE VINCENT this week was the 9/11 dinner at the local Church. It was all home made food and really good :)
We rode bikes about 3 miles against the 30 knot wind to the Tibbits Point Lighthouse...The waves on the point were almost surfable :)
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