Brent & Rachel Temmer arrived in Kingston today. They flew in to Montreal (from Denver) the night before and took the train to Kingston. I am still feeling pretty blue about my son Steve having to go home so their arrival will cheer me up considerably. Over the past few years Brent & I have talked a number of times about he and Rachel coming to Canada for a visit and now it is finally going to happen. We stayed in the marina for our first night so they could get settled in and start to build up some “sea legs”. I arranged for them to meet me in front of the old steam locomotive in the park in front of the marina. I was waiting on a bench when a local tourism greeter came up to me and struck up a conversation. We chatted for a while and I tried to keep a watch for Brent & Rachel’s taxi from the train station without appearing to be rude to the Kingston ambassador. Just as I was finishing that conversation I saw an empty taxi go past me. I turned around and there were Brent & Rachel facing the other way looking for me! We celebrated being together & headed off to the boat so they could stow their belongings.

We had a late lunch at a nearby pub and then headed off to the local hardware/boating supply store for, you guessed it, more boating supply stuff! Actually it was only a few small things—most importantly a detailed chart of the 1000 Islands where we would be having a great adventure over the next few days. Our next stop was the local grocery store for food provisions, then back to the boat to continue our celebrating our reunion. Brent immediately went to work making awesome Margaritas for the entire crew. Best I have ever had! This man has a way with Tequila, Triple Sec and limes—a concoction that was as smooth as silk. The Margaritas taste like lime flavored lighter fluid compared to Brent’s magic elixir. This stuff was even better for my back than the codeine I had been taking a few days earlier! After a few drinks we teamed up and cooked a great meal, all the while catching up with each other and trading stories—we were gamming big time!