JACKIE B III Going Loopy

This is a red letter day.  We crossed Lake Ontario to Kingston Ontario, CANADA! We had a buddy boat today.  We met these folks back in Little Falls on Rose Cottage. The seas were calm and although they left earlier than we did we easily caught up. Susie has a really great camera and shared some great photos of our boat with us.  This is where we crossed into Canadian waters. Mike is putting up our quarantine burgee.  Theirs is up on their bridge. We will change to the Canadian courtesy flag once we pass customs. We took the lead and you can see many windmills on shore. At the Confederation Basin Marina, you can see the Martello tower in the background and our lovely photographer. There are six Martello towers in Kingston.  They were built to defend Kingston from ”the Americans.” We were able to meet up with Ben and Chantale Hagar, Gold loopers, who advised us extensively before we began the loop. It was great to see them.  They loved the North Channel of t...

  This is the intersection of the Erie Canal and the Oswego Canal.  The Erie Canal goes to the left and Lake Erie.  The Oswego Canal goes to the right to Lake Ontario.  When we got to the first lock on the Oswego canal they said to tie up and the would let us know when the lock was repaired….Oh NO!!! But the little village of Phoenix was absolutely adorable and friendly beyond measure.   This is Cathy, she runs the Boat Brats program.  The youth in town jump over themselves to help boaters on their docks. The museum which is in the original lock keepers building was fascinating.  Of course he had fantastic views up and down the river. Speaking of fantastic views.  The waterfalls at the dams today were spectacular.  It was difficult to keep tending the lines when we really wanted to be taking in the views. We travelled with two other Looper boats today From now on we are going down hill so the lock chamber begins high and down we go. One of th...

We crossed Oswego Lake from Sylvan Beach to Brewerton. Laying up there for the Fourth of July.  This lake is so big there are islands in the middle, although we could always see the shoreline all the way across. We stayed at the family owned Ess-Kay Yards.  It was so green and friendly. They provided a loaner car for up to 2 hours and they even provided a hammock rest in. Thanks to the loaner car we were able to go to church.  We went to Grace Evangelical Covenant Church .  It was a special time of worship and communion.  We felt quite welcome here, We were able to take our tender all over as our shuttle craft. Some times I drive, some times I am driven😁 This is the sunset from one excursion.  We also went to a restaurant for dinner on this trip. This was our trip out to three mile bay, the local party hangout spot.  The water was very clear.  The bottom was sandy.  But…we saw two snakes…BIG ones, while we were there. The Marina put on a par...

In the morning most of the loopers had moved on except for us. This is what the beach looks like.  They have a a casino that we did not check out. There was also an amusement park that we also did not check out.  But we did go to the beach bar with live music and and a volleyball competition. Mike was able to go kiteboarding.  We also took some dingy rides out to a sandbar and we went paddle boarding up Fish creek, 6 miles+. It was a fun place to hang out. “The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you and I will give you rest.”” Exodus 33: 14