August 22 – Kingston Mills to Kingston City
44°13′45″ N 76°28′46″ W

We woke up to a pleasant morning. The storms from the night before had moved on & a stiff breeze was drying Santosha off nicely.

Photo below: the crew is ready to cast off for Kingston

There are 4 locks at Kingston Mills – the upper one that is underneath the road & then three step locks down to the river that leads to Kingston.

There were no boats waiting at the lowest lock so we were in luck & began our journey down at 9:00am. Less than an hour later we were through the last lock & on our way to Kingston.

Photo below: the last lock before Kingston

We arrived in Kingston Harbour about 11:30am. I radioed Confederation Basin Marina & arranged for a slip for the next two days.

After getting set up on our dock space we had lunch & then Brent & Rachel headed off to explore the city & to go to Old Fort Henry.

Photos above & below: Old Fort Henry

I stayed behind to do some more research for a marina near Ottawa where I could have Santosha hauled out & stored for the winter. It’s a good thing that I started on this now because the first two marinas that I called for quotes had no space for me. Panic time!

Thankfully the third place I contacted had space & their price quote was the best one I have had yet. I made arrangements to reserve a haul out around September 10 & said that I would stop in to see them on my way back to Ottawa next week. Whew, that was a close one!

Rachel & Brent came back to the boat just in time for cocktails. We had a refreshing drink & a few light appetizers & then went out to explore the downtown some more & to find a restaurant for dinner. Time to give Brent & Rachel a break & let someone else do the cooking!

Photo below: at the park in front of Kingston City Hall.

Cheers!