Day 6. 2nd year. May 26. On to Canadian Thousand Islands- Trip 5.5. Total 2884 miles

Woke up to a beautiful sunny day.

Our first chore was to turn on the generator- oops or tried to turn on the generator. After a few choice words and a call to our handy diesel mechanic back home, we got it working! yeah!!

We headed out of the anchorage behind Boldt Castle and turned north and decided to follow the local ferry through the islands to cross into Canada. We made it through safely and it saved us three miles.

Turning south we passed the town of Rockport, Ont, with its large homes high up on the cliff overlooking the St Lawrence River and headed toward the International Bridge. We are now in the Canadian part of the Ten Thousand Islands. This section of the Canadian Ten Thousand Islands consists mainly of smaller islands many with just one home on them.

We checked into Canada at Ivy Lea and after being on hold for awhile we’re cleared to enter Canada. Now Crustacean sports not only the American flag, but the Canadian flag.

Leaving Ivy Lea, we traveled a short distance to a dock on Georgiana-Constance Island PARC Canada. Georgiana Island is filled with trails and picnic areas. Was a lovely walk along the forested paths and enjoyed all the music of the songbirds.

We then continued further south about 2 miles to Mulcaster Island where we tied up at the PARC Canada dock for the night along with a houseboat with two couples from Ontario and a couple from near Montreal.

Bill cooked dinner on the grill and we knocked off early. Was a busy day!

Day 7 2nd year. May 26. Lay day at Mulcaster Island

Decided to take it easy and stay at Mulcaster today. We walked the trails and enjoyed the forest and the views.

Also took a short dinghy ride to explore some of the other islands close by. The Islands on the Canadian side are grouped together and are named for Admirals, ships or Captains of the ships important to Canadian history during the 1800’s. Mulcaster is contained in the Navy Islands named after the ship’s captains- Downey, Stave, Collier, Gordon, etc. Our ride took us past all the private islands in this island group.

We came upon several swans in our travels.

We were invited to join in docktails with two other boats from Montreal. Lots of boating stories to share and the Quebecans got to practice their English.

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Reflections on the Bahamas

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Day 64-65. May 25-26. On to Peck Lake, Jupiter, FL and then on to Indiantown/ Okeechobee Waterway. Miles 63.5/ 29.1 Total Miles 1122.1/1142.0

Day 64 We started early to get ahead of the holiday boat traffic. Weighing anchor at Lake Sylvia in Fort Lauderdale, we traveled on the Intracoastal Waterway past the iconic Pier 66 Tower and Bahia Mar Marina. We then turned north and passed the older sections of the city - Las Olas( older homes), Galt Ocean Mile (one mile of condominiums on the beach), and the famous miles of beaches on the Atlantic. I used to live here in the early 70's and the biggest change I see is the older smaller homes on the water are being replaced with larger versions and a few more condo towers have been built. As we go further north towards Commercial Blvd, North Fort Lauderdale, and Pompano Beach and its Lighthouse at the cut, there is less reconstruction. The next town we traveled through was Boca Raton with its Spanish architecture, Camino Real and its landmark tower. The sand bar at the cut was just beginning to fill up with Memorial Day revelers as we went by. Next were t...

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