Morning kayak from Rideau Acres Resort then onto Queen's University plus Ferry/Bikes onto Wolfe Island, Kingston

Rideau Acres Resort campsite

Our resort, Rideau Acres, is on the Colonel By Lake, which is part of the Rideau Canal system. This morning the lake is finally calm enough for us to launch the kayaks. 

Bird island

There is a little island right offshore that is filled with birds and we finally are able to get close. 

Swans cruising with us

Glass calm water

We head down the lake to the Kingston Mills locks 46-49 on the Rideau Canal. 

Boats waiting at the lock entrance

Rosborough 246 - For Sale

Chris spies the little trawler (middle boat above) and sees it has a For Sale sign on it. We head over and start talking to the owners and before we know it, we are on board having a look to see what a boat of this size would be like :) We exchange numbers and mull the idea of a boat out here. 

In the end we decide we have to let the boat idea go for now. We are in the middle of our x-Canada trip and buying a boat would just complicate things. 

After our kayak, we load the bikes and head into Kingston for one last explore. We head to the Queen's University district and unload the bikes as it's easier getting around. 

Ellis Hall at Queen's University

We search out Ellis Hall, which is the Civil Engineering faculty and also Victoria's old stomping grounds.

This is a very nice university campus filled with old limestone buildings.

Limestone campus buildings at Queen's University

Purple People 

Frosh week is in full swing so 100's and 100's of students are out and about dressed in all sorts of wild costumes and colors doing all sorts of crazy stuff. We find the group of purple people Victoria was a part of when she was here. It all looks like such a fun time for these young kids stepping out in their lives. 

Wolfe Island ferry unloading 

We bike over for the 2:00 pm Wolfe Island ferry. It's a 20 minute ride from downtown Kingston across the St. Lawrence river. 

Fort Henry

We pass Fort Henry, which we toured the other day. From the water it is easy to see how strategically it's placed on top of Point Henry.  

We unload onto Wolfe Island and then bike for 15 minutes or so into the small town of Marysville. 

Marysville church

 

Aptly nicknamed Windmill Island

In the town there are cute shops and quaint stores, but we continue through the town and head out on a road that follows along the water. Wolfe Island is nicknamed 'Windmill Island' due to the prominent wind farm featuring over 80 large wind turbines.

Tractor collection

We bike out to the Simcoe Island cable ferry before turning around and heading back to Marysville for a cold coke on a nice patio. 

Ferry just unloading as we arrive. 

We are busy chatting with a really nice young guy on a trip with his dad to a music festival happening on the island tonight, when we realize it's already 6:09 and we plan on catching the 6:30 ferry back to Kingston. It's a big push but we make it with a couple minutes to spare. 

Going into the wind and waves = spray

Kingston waterfront 

We ride the Kingston waterfront trail back to the Queen's university district where we parked the truck.

Words of wisdom from Gord Downie - wall painting

BBQ London Broil

It's late by the time we are back at the RV but we decide to BBQ the London Broils we bought yesterday in Westport. They hit the spot with a glass of red wine.