Before I start babbling about our wonderful day on the water, I have to tell you about these cute little pets we have at work. In front of the building there is a fountain thingy that I call the cement pond. For the last month this pond has become the home of 2 rather friendly ducks. Here they are taking a nap! Aren't they cute?
Friday night we raced from the marina (as we just got the boat back from having a new electronic ignition installed and had to get the poor thing back in the water)to the restaurant to meet our friends for dinner. Then we went out to the lodge for a few hours. Our friend Albert showed up on his bike. Isn't it a wild looking thing?
Saturday morning we raced into town to grab some supplies from Wally World & then packed a cooler for a day on the water. It was stinkin' hot and we were not sticking around this kid-laden subdivision to hear screaming little brats all day! When we took off from our slip I managed to capture this shot of someone at the top of a blowboat mast. Man you wouldn't catch me up there...NO WAY!!!
My friend Shayne asked me to take a few pictures of the Rockwood Asylum from the water for him. This was one of the better ones as this jogger was just going by at the time that I snapped the picture. It shows just how huge this old abandoned building is!
We decided to slide into the basin in front of city hall so I could attempt a Jack Chaing shot of the fountain and the dome. Unfortunately I didn't get it quite perfect but who wants perfection, right?
We decided to go up the Cataraqui to Kingston Mills Lock for our picnic lunch. As we were pulling into navy bay I took this shot looking up Queen Street.
At the same spot we noticed some wild ducks hanging out with some tame ones :)
We had lunch at the dock by Kingston Mills and hear some noises above us as we were tying up. Check out the nuts who were scaling the rock face:
Of course, Billy had to snap a pic of me waiting in the boat:
And one of the train going over the locks:
I like this picture taken as we were going under the 401 heading back to the city:
It was almost scary traveling through the Cataraqui Bay...All I could think of was dead bodies (as I saw soooo many dead carp floating by) and the pollution that was seeping out of the old dump at Belle Island. As well, the fire that took place in the swamp by the 401 a few weeks ago, was on my mind as well. The water smelled awful & the whole scene gave me the willies. Then I spotted a few boats from the rowing club and realized that the waterway couldn't be that bad if they were utilizing it.
While traveling back home, we took a side trip into the Olympic harbour site. There was a group of people about to board the St Lawrence II for a day trip.
It seemed like everywhere we went, there were ducks swimming by. I like this shot as we were telling the ducks to 'move it' so we didn't hit them and then i caught the 'idle speed' sign above.
After we left the 'big city', we headed to the back beach and spent the majority of the sunny afternoon relaxing in the quiet environment we cherish. Thank God there are not a lot of other people who actually visit our 'secret location'.
So today is Sunday, a day of rest. I have already vacuumed and Billy is sweating over the lawn mower. We should run outside in our PJ's and do a rain dance as our grass is almost totally burned and my gardens would certainly welcome an additional sprinkle of H20.
Next Friday night we have a get-together at a friends house on Montreal Street. I just hope its not too hot that evening or I will have to take a jump in her pool:)
My fingers are crossed that this week will slide by quickly.
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