Clayton, NY to Kingston, ON to Trenton, ON

Day #622; Loop Miles to Date = 7,412

We left Clayton, NY after a very enjoyable 4 day stay. We were delighted that Corkscrew caught up with us for a couple of days, and we had a ball of fun. One of the notable venues in Clayton is the Antique Boat Museum. It is extraordinary as boat museums go.

 

Our pictures don't really do the displays justice. Some really beautiful boats to be seen here...lots of history.

 

The other thing we did in Clayton was eat WAY too much ice cream. The local shop, Scoops, has some really wonderful offerings, and we will admit to only going there 3 times in 4 days. On Wednesday though, it was time to say goodbye to the US of A and head for Canada for a couple of months. We decided to pass on Gananoque as an entry point, even though we had finally figured out how to say the name, and opted to head to Kingston. It worked out perfectly. We had an easy travel day, and customs could not have been easier. We spent just one night here, although Kingston is a pretty good sized city. We imagine that there was more to do here than we initially thought…we certainly didn’t see it all in one afternoon of walking around. 

High speed passenger ferry at Kingston.

Spotted as we were strolling around Kingston...anyone know what these are? Beautiful.

On Thursday (when this entry is being written) we were going to head to Picton, or anchor out halfway between Kingston and Trenton. Ultimately we decided on a long day of travel (71 miles) and traveled all the way to Trenton. There is some weather coming our way on Friday, and we figured that we were best served by being settled by then. We stopped after about 40 miles at a spot to walk the pups…it meant having to drop the dinghy in the water and using a small boat launch, but it only took us about 45 minutes…no big deal this day.

You can see how the lake levels are affecting boathouses like this one...simply unusable.

Random lighthouse.

So, tonight we are in Trenton, the gateway city to the Trent Severn Waterway, which will take us all the way to Georgian Bay. If you want to learn more about the Trent Severn, click here. We are really looking forward to this section of travel, and are glad that we are poised to commence it. We plan to hang out in Trenton for 4 days, and then start our journey through dozens of locks next week. It’s hard to believe that we are already almost in July…we had planned to make sure that we were on the Trent Severn by about July 1^st, and it looks like we are right on schedule. There is such a short weather window to enjoy all of the Canadian portion of the trip, and we want to maximize our time here as much as possible.

 Stay tuned…next up…locks, locks, and more locks…and bunches of wonderful small towns to visit!