Camelot to Gananoque

Day 12: August 21, 2017

We arose a bit later than usual.  We had a great night’s sleep.  The air was cool and the water calm.  After breakfast, we raised the anchor and headed for the town of Gananoque.  It was only 1.7 miles from our little cove on Grindstone Island, however, the wind began to pipe up a bit making our passage slower.

Home on a little island in route to Gananoque

The Municipal Marina in Gananoque is huge and it took a bit of doing to find our slip.  The wind was at our back making the approach a bit tricky but the boat responded well and with the help of two boaters who saw us coming in, we landed smoothly.

We checked in, got our wifi password, and emailed our friends, Dwight and Judy, giving them our slip number.  Our original plan for this trip was joining these folks up here where they had rented an island for a week.  However, with the high water, the owners of the island had to cancel

the reservation.  And with that and a few health issues, they were not able to bring their boat and had to settle for a car/motel trip.

Back at the boat, we prepared our lunch and waited until Dwight came pounding on the roof of Second Wind.  Judy, who was hobbled by a broken heel and a large plastic boot, wandered up and joined us.  We decided that it would be fun to take a motoring tour of the nearby islands. We raised the main sail and spent probably an hour and a half cruising back around Camelot Island and others.  It was a gentle pleasant ride.

Our friends hadn’t eaten, so upon our return to the marina, we got in their car and found Anthony’s Restaurant where they had lunch and we had a wonderful huge

Typical Canadian lighted day marker and cormorant rest stop

desert each.  We spent the remainder of the afternoon sitting around reminiscing over times past while eating gouda cheese, kipper snacks and enjoying a glass of wine or two.

As evening approached we decided to head back into town and find a place where we could get a light evening meal.   We settled on Black’s Irish Pub where we found a quiet atmosphere and interesting menu items. I had a serving of two beef sliders.  The meat was seasoned and rolled into

One of the super boats parked at nice home

balls about the size of golf balls and placed between two bread pieces that were square and not unlike English muffin.  There was an arugula salad on the plate that was doused with lemon juice.  The sliders were great. Of course, since we were eating in a pub, we washed our meal down with a pint of grog.

We returned to the boat and made plans to meet again tomorrow at around 11:00.