Kingston, ON - We are now in Canada for a while

Kingston, ON

Confederation Bay Marina

June 24-25, 2012

We left Clayton, NY at 8:30 on Sunday after fueling up for the last time in the US for a while.  We only had to travel about 20 miles so we took our time and arrived in Kingston before noon.  The marina is very nice and the slips are large so docking was pretty easy.  The marina is run by the city of Kingston and is located in Confederation Park which is the main park for outdoor activities in Kingston.  I went to the payphone on land, called Canada customs and I was assigned a number so now we are free to travel in Canada without further check in's.  We all took a one hour bus tour of the city late in the afternoon with a very good guide.  It was rainy so we had happy hour on our boat and decided to stay another day because of the weather not looking good.  On Monday, Ginny and I walked around the city and saw quite a bit.  We ate lunch at a local bakery and bought some olive oil and bread to take back to the boat.  We hung around the boat until cocktails and then we went to town for a nice Italian dinner with "Kismet".  Today is Tuesday and it is very cold and a little windy but we are leaving for Picton in about 1/2 hour.  We will be in protected water for most of trip so it should be fine.  We had very good wireless in Kingston but I don't know about the rest of Canada so we will see.

 Kingston City Hall

The military college in Kingston

 Confederation Park with the marina in the background

 A new steakhouse in an old fire house

 I resisted

 There are many churches in Kingston

 Old Hitching Posts
(with a parking meter next to them - I guess you have to pay to hook up the horses now)

 This is where John A. McDonald the first Prime Minister of Canada had his law practice

If you get to Kingston, this bakery is very good