Overnight at Confederation Basin Marina, Kingston
44°13′42″ N 76°28′43″ W
Today Glenn is headed to Cornwall to spend a few days with another long-time friend he made during his career with Parks Canada. But I have a few more things to blog about before we say goodbye.
Last night was Glenn’s last night on board Santosha. I thought I should send him off with the memory of a good meal – especially after the Spamtastic dinner we had a couple of nights before. I’m sure that the cruisers aboard the Kawartha Voyager are still talking about that! 🙀
We went for a very delicious pasta dinner at Chez Piggy Restaurant which is only a short walk from the marina.
photo above copied from the internet
Chez Piggy was founded almost 40 years ago by Zalman “Zal” Yanovsky & his long-time partner Rose Richardson. Zal played lead guitar and sang for the Lovin’ Spoonful, a rock band which he founded with John Sebastian in 1964. They had lots of hits including “Do You Believe in Magic”, “Nashville Cats”, “Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind” & many more.
Zal passed away in 2002 & Rose passed away in 2005. But they left us all with a great legacy!
It’s a fun place to go & the food is delicious. You should go there if you are ever in Kingston.
photos above copied from the internet
After dinner we returned to the boat & had a WhatsApp video call with Glenn’s wife Jay & their daughter Colleen. Jay was supposed to come on the cruise with Glenn but she got “hit” with a really bad sinus infection a couple of days before the flight from Calgary. Hey Jay, perhaps that sinus infection was a bit of a blessing in disguise ‘cause you didn’t have to endure the Spam. There’s always next year… Glenn & I are planning a cruise on the Trent-Severn!
After our video call we hauled out the backgammon board for another series of games. Glenn continued to dominate but he let me win a few games so I would keep coming back for more.
The next morning we had a slow start & before we knew it, Glenn’s friend Peter White had arrived to take him to Cornwall for a few days.
Peter was a Warden for Parks Canada for many years & he even spent some time in Yoho National Park when my brother-in-law was there in the 1970’s – now that goes back a few years, eh!
The three of us went for lunch at a nearby pub & told each other stories about our time with Parks Canada.
Thanks do much for coming, Glenn. It was a blast – far too long in coming. Let’s start planning 2020 Trent-Severn.
After Glenn & Peter left it was time for me to do laundry, wash the outside of the boat, clean up the empties & get ready to head back towards Ottawa. But I left some time to enjoy the sunset.
Cheers!