Jones Falls, ON to Kingston, ON

Miles Traveled 27.7

Total Miles Traveled 5149

Day 305

We were off to an early start this morning, but we had to lock through 7 locks and have two bridges open before arriving at Kingston, Ontario.  We traveled about 6 miles before reaching the Brass Point Swing Bridge.  The bridge is operated by Parks Canada and does not open until 9 a.m., we arrived at 8:45 so I guess we should have had another cup of coffee and tea before leaving.

The scenery today was awesome, and the smell of pine as we navigated through the narrow channels of the canal made you want to take a deep breath.  I wish I had a dollar for every time we said “This is really cool”.

We had to wait at Lock #43 and met a couple from Florida on “School’s Out”, I’ll bet you can guess what they did before retirement. 

We had a new experience when going through consecutive locks 47, 48, and 49; we had to drop down in lock 47 to get under a railroad bridge that had a freight train crossing it.  Moni had a hard time trying to hold onto the line while holding her ears. 

We arrived at the LaSalle Causeway Bridge about 2:15 and it only opens on the hour, so we pulled into the Kingston Marina to pump out our holding tank.  The marina where we are staying is on the other side of the bridge and does not offer the pump out service.  We arrived back at the bridge about 15 minutes before opening.

We arrived at the Confederation Basin Marina on the waterfront at Kingston, and pulled into a slip next to “School’s Out”.  The four of us walked into town visiting a few shops and seeing the town before stopping at a popular restaurant for pizza.