Day #351 - Trenton, ON
July 17th, 2009The good news this morning was that Brad and Patti’s Garmin chip arrived as promised and it worked. We left the docks at 8:45 and headed 35 miles away to Picton. We traveled down the St. Lawrence River and across the Bay of Quinte.
We weren’t sure what all of the birds were feeding on, but apparently it was something really good as they were everywhere.
We saw our first loon today, but unfortunately the picture didn’t turn out. Sure hope we see more.
This ferry runs back and forth from Glenora to Youngs Point. We noticed the flags flying, the Canadian, the Ontario and the British.
This nice float plane sat in the yard of some one’s home. What a great way to get from place to place. Sure cuts down on your commute time.
We pulled into Picton at 12:30 and thought it looked charming.
Nice town, poor marina. The docks were only 30 feet long and the cleats were about three inches long. When I made the reservation yesterday she assured me that they could accommodate two 48 foot boats. Well….not so much. They wanted to put two 48 foot boats back to back on a 60 foot dock. If we had tied up where she wanted us to and the winds picked up we would have pulled the docks right along with us.
I got on the phone and started calling all around trying to find a marina that could accommodate us for the weekend. We got lucky and Trenton, where we were headed tomorrow anyway, said they could fit us in. So back out of Picton we motored and headed to Trenton, another 32 miles. 77 miles and 7.75 hours later we arrived, in the rain, at Fraser Park Marina and GLAD to be here. People are friendly and it looks like a great town.
One Response to “Day #351 - Trenton, ON”
By Susan Payette on Jul 18, 2009
Hi Mary and Andy,
I’ve been reading your blog “Good News” since we met in Oswego. My husband Dan and I were on the boat a few slips over called Delia Rosa.
I was pleased to hear that your arrived in Kingston safely. We left the same day - I would have liked to say goodbye before we left, but it was a 6:15 am departure as we were heading to Rochester. We only stayed there one day and managed to make it to our new home slip in Wilson N.Y. the next day.
I think you are planning to travel the Trent Severn Canal system next, however, should your plans change, please let us know if you will be anywhere near us on Lake Ontario. We would love to hear from you!
regards
susan and dan on “Delia Rosa”