We got up early to fll up the water tank and rinse off the deck before walking into Gananoque for breakfast at Anna's Cafe. Again we split a breakfast of blueberry pancakes and sausage as we have not been able to finish two full breakfasts. I went walking through the Confederate Sculpture Garden near the Visitor Center and Glenn walked to the market for beer and the wonderful snack sausages we had loved in the past. We took off around 10 am timing our arrival through the Kingston drawbridge when it was not closed for rush hour only to find it has been dismantled and is always open. We met four boats coming out of the narrow Rideau Canal as we cruised to the first lock for us at lock 49. We pulled up to the gray dock as the blue dock is for those boats waiting for the lock. It was a parklike setting with folks fishing off the dock. The Internet was down so we could not buy our transit or docking pass but continued on through the four locks. They have a team of young kids who hand crank the gates and it was a pleasant experience with the cables to hold onto. The lock master opened the adjacent bridge and helped us tie up to the dock on the other side of the locks as they locked another boat through in the opposite direction. We enjoyed relaxing on the fly bridge watching the folks swimming and fishing and waiting for the thunderstorms to appear. They gave us a key to the bathrooms so we'll wait until in the morning to check out the historic grounds when it is not so crowded.
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| Fearless Canada geese |
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| Ferry across the St. Lawrence River |
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| Kingston drawbridge now out of service |
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| First lock on the Rideau Canal |
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| The lock grounds are a picnic and fishing spot |
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| So much history with the canal |
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| To the office to get our season transit and mooring passes |
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| Trail above canal |
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| Parks Canada posts lots of information about their parks |
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| Opening the lock gates by hand cranking |
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