These past two days, Lyn and I were within 150 yards of Canada. On our way to Singer Castle, the Shipping Channel actually goes into Canada and we were told we should not cross that line. Apparently last year the Canadian Border Patrol was very aggressive about enforcing that line. So we broke another rule, provided by local Harbor Hosts, ‘stay in the shipping channel’! The reason for that rule are shoals; rock outcroppings with no trees and often covered by water. But we felt confident that our navigation software was current, our situational awareness keen, and our luck has been pretty good lately as well.
Hopefully all that is interesting, but it’s not the point of this post. This post is to announce that because the uncertainty of getting into Canada remains today, 3 days from when the border is supposed to open to vaccinated US citizens, we have decided our voyage for this year will end in Alexandria Bay, NY. We have weighed many options over the past few weeks and decided that short changing the Canadian Experience including Montreal, Ottawa, the Rideau Canal, Trent Severn Waterway, Georgian Bay….. would be a regret. By stopping here, we gain a head start on those areas next Spring (assuming this winters snow fall is not so great that everything floods next spring…) and we get to enjoy all of that at a slow pace. The trade off is no Florida this winter and honestly that has never been a lure for us. New England winters are just fine (again assuming the Gulf Stream does not stop and cause us to enter the next Ice Age ( check out the movie The Day after Tomorrow or an article in the NYTimes this morning if you don’t know this scenario)).
Aisling will remain in the water at the Thousand Island Club until mid -September after which she will go in to heated storage in Alexandria Bay. We will head home for hair cuts and then return for a few more weeks of cruising in this heavenly part of the world.
Aisling goes Looping 