Today is Catherine’s birthday. I’ll keep the number a secret but I can tell you that she is just more beautiful to me as each day goes by. On June 15 we celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary and we have been together as a couple since 1986. Other than my business trips to Australia and the UAE, this trip will be the longest stretch of time we have ever been apart—and up until the end of July we’re both still in the same province! We had a lot of fun together in Toronto for the Canada Day weekend but that’s probably it until I reach Nova Scotia or New Brunswick. Catherine and I have always supported each other in our individual pursuits. Her personal passion is yoga and mine is sailing. It means a great deal to me that Catherine is supporting me in accomplishing my sailing dreams. Happy Birthday, my love!
Today is a double-whammy day. I am missing Catherine’s birthday and Steve has to leave for Ottawa today in order to catch his flight home on Friday. We got up early and showered and did laundry. After that we walked up to the boating store to buy some hardware supplies that I needed to help stabilize the dingy davits.
Steve rented a car and drove me to the local Home Depot to return some plumbing parts that I had bought in Coburg and ended up not needing to complete the installation of the new heads. Then he brought me back to the marina and headed off to Ottawa. We had an awesome time together. The only thing that would have made it better would have been if he could have stayed a few days longer and brought his daughter (and my grand daughter) Zoe with him. Oh well, we can always plan on next year’s journey & Zoe will be ready to visit a castle!
I did not want to stay in the marina for another night so I headed over to nearby Navy Bay to anchor for the night. This is an interesting little bay with CFB Kingston on one side and Old Fort Henry on the other. There’s a lot of Canadian history in this area.