Oswego, NY to Picton, ON

The first photo shows Carlie as she spent most of the time we were out of sight of land crossing Lake Ontario. The second photo is our July 4 picnic with Guy and Peggy from Southern Comfort on the waterfront in Picton.

Thursday was just a prdicted, rain, sometimes heavy, and windy. Lake Ontario was no place for us that day. We were able to walk into town in the afternoon and eat lunch and look around. We even re-visited the post office where Muriel fell the day before. We were up at 4:45 am on Friday and departed Oswego a little before 6:00 am. The lake still had a roll from the previous day's blow but as the morning progressed the roll laid down and the lake was very smooth. We made the crossing with two other boats, Southern Comfort and Ithaka. Guy on Southern Comfort suggested we get out the water skis because the lake was so smooth. Carlie was really funny during our crossing of the lake. We were out of sight of land for about two hours and during that time she insisted on being held in someone's lap. As soon as we were well in sight of land again she was fine nd rested on her bed on the flybridge. We entered Canadian waters at False Duck Island and ran down Adolphus Reach to Picton, a quaint little town, where we cleared Canadian Customs by telephone.

We quickly met other boaters, both loopers and local people. The local couple gave Muriel and Peggy a ride to the grocery store so they were able to get hot dogs, watermelon, and strawberries for a July 4 party. We are tied to a wall with Southern Comfort right behind us so Guy grilled the dogs on their boat and we moved a picnic table into the shade of their boat and shared our dinner. Afterward the local couple joined in and came to our boat and we all had strawberry shortcake and whipped cream for dessert and enjoyed the conversation on boating and local lore.

This morning we walked a very short distance to a restaurant they had recommended and enjoyed breakfast. Afterward Muriel and Shelly and I walked the main street of Picton and bought steaks for dinner tonight. We left Shelly in town to get here nails done. She is also dying to get some fishing tackle and a liscense. The fishing in the local waters is supposed to be great for Walleye, Northern Pike and Salmon. The weather is beautiful, lows 50's in the morning and afternoon highs in the low 70's. We decided to stay here tonight and leave tomorrow for Trenton where we will enter the Trent Severn Canal for a 240 mile passage to the Gerogian Bay.

We received a call from Jeff this morning. He and Anne are cruising the Abacos and having a good time. They are starting to watch a tropical depression which has formed in the eastern Atlantic.