Trenton, Ontario

Kim’s Korner:
From Kingston, we had 72 miles to cover to get to Trenton. The two slow boats (yes – one of which is Overtime) chose to leave at 5:30 AM. It was going to be a long day whenever we left but normally, mornings are much calmer than afternoons and we wanted as much calm as possible. It was a beautiful day! By the time we reached the Bay of Quinte, the water was like glass. I wished that we could have anchored here overnight but storms were headed our way. I noticed these huge white birds and was like – there are no white pelicans up here. Then I remembered someone had told me about the white swans on the Bay of Quinte. I got my binoculars out and that’s exactly what they were. Unfortunately, they were near shore too far away for a picture. I did have the opportunity to see more swans – many more on the bay – see my pictures. They are still too far away to make out much but they are swans and there are a lot of them. Locals say that they have never seen this many before – maybe it’s due to the high water.
We’ve had our first interaction with the University students working the marina and Trent-Severn locks. We pulled in for fuel and a pump-out. Two young ladies greeted us warmly, told us to hop off the boat and they would be happy to take care of it for us. It was such a nice surprise! I enjoyed talking with them as they took care of us.
I have enjoyed getting our bikes out again – it’s been a while. Saturday, after going to the farmer’s market, we rode our bikes up to lock 1 to watch our friends lock through and take pictures of them. It’s a bit different from other locks we’ve done so it was interesting to see. They are smaller and will only fit about three boats the size of ours at one time. I also found a rails-to-trails path we enjoyed biking. Sunday, we rode over to Centennial Park and rode along the Bay of Quinte. It was quite a windy day though and we almost had to pedal to get down a hill – weird feeling.
The other thing that has been neat for me is seeing all the references to the Royal Canadian Air Force. Our marina is close to a base so we’ve seen all kinds of fast and loud planes fly overhead. We’ve also seen some very low flying ones. My father was a flight instructor for the Royal Canadian Air Force during WWII so every time I see a reference to the RCAF, I think of him which has been neat.
It is still quite windy as I write this – like really windy. As long as it calms down like the forecast is predicting, we plan to start our journey tomorrow through the Trent-Severn Waterway Canal System which is a 241 mile, 43 lock waterway. Here is a link if you are interested.  I also included a map in my pictures. We will be tied to the lock walls overnight much of the time so we may not have wifi available a lot of the time. Stay tuned… we’ll be in touch as wifi allows.

Pictures!