We had very calm waters and we went the 60 plus miles across the Bay of Quinte to Kingston.  We tied up the first night at Cedar, the first of six island docks that we visited in the Thousand Islands, using our Parks Canada mooring pass.  The next day travelled to Georgina Island, and tied up near the Thousand Islands Parkway bridge, on the tour boat route- needless to say we got rocked at regular intervals from their wakes.  That evening, we help some boat newbies tie up to a dock for the first time- they didn’t have a clue what they were doing. The next morning, we were entertained by 7 young people tied up to another dock at Georgina.  Several of the young women, sunbathed nude most of the morning, whereas one was lily white, and hid under an umbrella.

Karl, our electronics tech showed up in the afternoon for an assessment of what we need done this summer.  He ascertained that our Port alternator needed to be replaced.  It was installed in 2009, so it had served the boat well for the past 17 years. There were a few other things on the list, and Karl will try to order and replace the parts prior to us leaving the islands.  We moved to McDonald island on June 5^th and stayed there until the morning of the 8^th.  This island has camping as well as Otentiks, so is very busy.   It is also the closes island to Gananoque, so a lot of the locals come out on weekends, and kayaks circle the island. 

  There are also several birds around- lots of Swans and herons, and various flowers.

On June 8^th, we docked the boat at Gananoque and walked up to the local Metro for some provisions.  We then moved to Camelot island which has a view of the Canada/USA border-Grindstone island is about a ½ mile away. We stayed at Camelot for 3 days, watching the border security boats run along the border and helicopters overhead.  Didn’t see any signs of an invasion from our southern neighbors.  We did see this old ship go by on one evening while we were there.

We moved back to McDonald on  June 11^th for the weekend- this island has garbage, recycling as well permitting the  use of generators- only 4 of the islands have this designation.   To keep busy on the boat when we are docked, I do a lot of reading, play cards, or sudokus and have been working on my knitting project that is approaching 14 inches long- so the back  portion is almost half done. Here is a glass tour boat that I’ve only seen go by McDonald.

On June 15^th, we moved the boat to Mulcaster island, as Karl had some of our parts and was planning on coming out to install them. 

Karl called on Monday and said he was having truck issues, so couldn’t come.  We stayed on another day, but when he called at noon Tuesday, saying he still couldn’t make it, we decided to move on, Karl will try to connect with us on the Rideau, as he lives near Ottawa.  We went  1 ½ hours to Grenadier island and tied up.

On Wednesday we left Grenadier around 7 and started down the St. Lawrence, passing, Brockville, and Prescott and Cardinal.

We arrived at Iroquois lock around noon and tied up waiting for our 1:30 reserved time to go through.  This will be the first of 5 St. Lawrence Seaway Locks that we will have to traverse in order to get to the Ottawa river.  This one is in Canadian waters, whereas the next two- Eisenhower and Snell will be on the American side.   We were joined on the dock  by a power boat- Grand Serenity and a sailboat- Reberth.   In the lock, the power boat and ourselves just stayed in the middle of the lock, whereas the sailboat tied up to the wall as the wind was turning him sideways.  The drop was less than 5 feet.

  Once out of the lock we continued down the St. Lawrence past Morrisburg, to Crysler Park marina where we tied up for the night.  I did several loads of laundry, and some tidying up.  That evening, I had my monthly book club video call.  We had originally planned to leave Thursday morning and continue on to Cornwall, however the weather- rain, winds to 70 Km/hr and potential tornadoes kept us in place.  There were huge whitecaps on the St. Lawrence. At 8 PM it was still raining. with a very black sky and blowing, unsure if we will be able to leave in the morning. We’ve changed our reservation by a day already for Valleyfield Quebec, really hope to get there for Saturday night.