{"id":7468,"date":"2018-08-25T09:56:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T13:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=7468"},"modified":"2018-12-19T10:36:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T15:36:31","slug":"august-24-kingston-to-upper-brewers-lock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=7468","title":{"rendered":"August 24 – Kingston to Upper Brewers Lock"},"content":{"rendered":"

August 24 – Kingston to Upper Brewers Lock
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I was up early, had a light breakfast & left Kingston Confederation Basin Marina at 7:45am so I could catch the 8:00am opening of the bascule bridge.<\/p>\n

Photo below: sunrise over the Martello Tower adjacent to the marina<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, I had forgotten that it was Friday & the bridge does not open between from 7:00am to 9:00am to accommodate the weekday morning rush hour traffic. There was next to no wind so I just drifted for a while & then went for a slow cruise past Forth Henry to pass the time.<\/p>\n

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I was back in front of the bridge just before 9:00 & went through as soon as it opened. Next stop – the marina next to the bridge to get my waste holding tank pumped out – then on to Kingston Mills to \u201cclimb\u201d the first set of locks.<\/p>\n

Once inside the first lock the Lockmaster noticed that I was single handing so he offered to lend me one of his staff to go through the next 3 locks. A wise sailor never turns down an offer of help so I quickly accepted & one of his summer-student staff members hopped aboard as soon as Santosha was at safe boarding height.<\/p>\n

It turned out that my temporary assistant was a student at St. Lawrence College in Kingston & that she was living in the same apartment building that our daughter Emily lived in when she was at St. Lawrence College 3 years ago. Small world, eh!<\/p>\n

After exiting the locks at Kingston Mills I \u201csurrendered\u201d my assistant & continued heading north.<\/p>\n

The next 2 locks (Lower & Upper Brewers) were about 2 hours away. I was getting hungry so I decided that I would stop for a late lunch after passing through the double locks at Upper Brewers. By the time I was on the dock it was almost 2:00pm.<\/p>\n

Photo below: Upper Brewers Locks<\/p>\n

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For lunch I was eating pepperetts & chips & salsa that Brent had made a couple of days before. The salsa was delicious but spicy hot, so I decided to have a cold beer to cool my throat down. The first beer tasted so good the I decided to have another! Well, now that I\u2019ve had a couple of drinks I can\u2019t \u201cdrive\u201d the boat any further so I quickly decided that I was moored at this location for the night. Now it\u2019s afternoon nap time!<\/p>\n

After a refreshing nap I went over to the Lockmaster\u2019s office to pay for my electricity hookup & I discovered that this location has showers! Well, that sealed the deal. A beautiful, quiet location with electricity & showers – I\u2019m here for 2 days for sure.<\/p>\n

I finished the day & evening off by updating the Spanda Yoga website for Catherine & Valerie (http:\/\/spandaretreats.com\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t pay me anything for my IT services but they are very flexible with other forms of compensation such as free yoga classes & private yoga sessions but I haven\u2019t taken advantage of that perk yet :). Maybe someday. Neither Catherine or Valerie are too worried about me abusing that perk.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow (Saturday) I plan to sleep in late, maybe do some light housekeeping & defrost the refrigerator. But first I will work on emptying the beer cooler & napping. After all, summer\u2019s almost over!<\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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