{"id":8968,"date":"2019-08-02T22:38:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T02:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=8968"},"modified":"2019-08-02T22:54:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T02:54:12","slug":"july-31-kingston-to-lower-brewers-lock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/?p=8968","title":{"rendered":"July 31 – KIngston to Lower Brewers Lock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overnight at Lower Brewers<\/p>\n

44\u00b023\u203220\u2033 N 76\u00b019\u203231\u2033 W<\/p>\n

I left Confederation Basin Marina at 9:30 so I could catch the 10:00am opening of the Bascule Bridge. This bridge only opens at the top of each hour & during weekdays the opening hours are further restricted between 11:00 & 1:00 & then no openings between 3:00 & 6:00pm to accommodate afternoon rush hour traffic.<\/p>\n

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The ferry that runs between Wolfe Island & Kingston was just coming in as I was preparing to pass under the bridge.<\/p>\n

After passing under the bridge I went to Kingston Marina to fill up with diesel fuel and to pump out the holding tank for the fore & aft toilets.<\/p>\n

With those chores completed I headed towards Kingston Mills Locks, with the goal of stopping overnight at Lower or Upper Brewers Lockstations.<\/p>\n

The lower lock gates at Kingston Mills were closed so that meant some boats were coming down, therefore I would have to wait for a bit before I could \u201clock up\u201d.<\/p>\n

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As I pulled in to the waiting dock a lady on a boat that was already tied up came & helped me with my lines.<\/p>\n

I noticed that her boat had a (US State of) Georgia registration so I asked where they were from & she said the Atlanta area.<\/p>\n

Once I was securely tied up on the dock I had some time before I could go through the locks so I had a chat with Meredith and her husband Scotty on board their boat named \u201cThunderbolt\u201d.<\/p>\n

They are doing the great loop this year & told me that they normally kept the boat on Lake Lanier in Georgia. They are from Milton, Georgia. I told them that I was involved in a modest way in the creation of the City of Milton back in 2006. Scotty said that he worked in an office building close to where CH2M HILL had their offices.<\/p>\n

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They said they love living in Milton and that the city is very well run. It\u2019s a nice coincidence to meet someone from so far away compared to where I live & to discover something we have in common.<\/p>\n

After our visit it was time for me to get ready to enter the first lock.<\/p>\n

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After locking up, I headed towards Lower Brewers Lockstation. Another beautiful day to be on the water.<\/p>\n

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By the time I arrived there the Lockmaster told me that there were no mooring spaces left at Upper Brewers so I tied up right where I was.<\/p>\n

I had a relaxing afternoon & took a long nap. This boating life can take a lot out of you.<\/p>\n

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

Overnight at Lower Brewers 44\u00b023\u203220\u2033 N 76\u00b019\u203231\u2033 W I left Confederation Basin Marina at 9:30 so I could catch the 10:00am opening of the Bascule Bridge. This bridge only opens at the top of each hour & during weekdays the opening hours are further restricted between 11:00 & 1:00 & then no openings between 3:00 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2019-rideau-cruise"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ppZJ-2kE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8968"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8980,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8968\/revisions\/8980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knotsnplots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}