7/2/11 - 7/5/11 Our first look ever at the Great Lakes was coming into Lake Ontario out of Oswego, NY harbor. We had to put a bucket over the side and take a slurp just to believe it's fresh water. We heard a story of a guy who was on a jet ski whose engine stopped far out in the Lake. By the time he was rescued he was severely dehydrated. When asked why he didn't take a drink from the lake he replied that he assumed it was salt water. Our first stop is Whites Bay, in Henderson Bay. It was a Saturday evening and we anchored surrounded by residences and boat traffic which means we had to endure constant boat wakes until dark. We were compensated though because we had a ringside seat to a spectacular pre-Independence Day fireworks show on the shore line. The next day (a Sunday) we moved on to Cedar Point State Park Marina and again more fireworks. Monday July 4, we crossed over into Canada and cleared customs at Confederation Basin Marina. Surprisingly it just took a phone call from a pay phone and we were in. One night at anchor and then we checked into Portsmouth Olympic Harbor. It is right next to a maximum security prison and museum (formerly the warden's residence) so I went to take the tour. Also,down the street is an artillery emplacement built in the mid 1800's to protect the town of Kingston, Ontario from attack by the U.S.. I visited it but as I was trying to get a better vantage point for a picture of the canon I missed a step and severely sprained my ankle which caused me to limp in pain for four weeks. Such is the cruising life!
7/2/11 - 7/5/11 Our first look ever at the Great Lakes was coming into Lake Ontario out of Oswego, NY harbor. We had to put a bucket over the side and take a slurp just to believe it's fresh water. We heard a story of a guy who was on a jet ski whose engine stopped far out in the Lake. By the time he was rescued he was severely dehydrated. When asked why he didn't take a drink from the lake he replied that he assumed it was salt water. Our first stop is Whites Bay, in Henderson Bay. It was a Saturday evening and we anchored surrounded by residences and boat traffic which means we had to endure constant boat wakes until dark. We were compensated though because we had a ringside seat to a spectacular pre-Independence Day fireworks show on the shore line. The next day (a Sunday) we moved on to Cedar Point State Park Marina and again more fireworks. Monday July 4, we crossed over into Canada and cleared customs at Confederation Basin Marina. Surprisingly it just took a phone call from a pay phone and we were in. One night at anchor and then we checked into Portsmouth Olympic Harbor. It is right next to a maximum security prison and museum (formerly the warden's residence) so I went to take the tour. Also,down the street is an artillery emplacement built in the mid 1800's to protect the town of Kingston, Ontario from attack by the U.S.. I visited it but as I was trying to get a better vantage point for a picture of the canon I missed a step and severely sprained my ankle which caused me to limp in pain for four weeks. Such is the cruising life!
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