Gananoque ON July 18, 2015

My friends the bugs were back in force this morning so it was my usual morning routine - perk a pot of coffee and enjoy a cup while washing thousands of the little buggers off Annie. They don't come back during the day (usually) so it is not wasted effort. Don't ever cruise without a battery operated electric fly swatter. You'll learn to love the loud "crack" when you hit a bug.

Bugs between screen and window - yuck!

I invited Jim to row over for a cup of McDonald's coffee, but he declined since I did not have little white powered donuts and Jola had just made him breakfast. We agreed we would leave at 10:00 and take a trip around the Picton Island and Rusho Bay anchorages where we will likely anchor later in the trip. Then we will proceed to Gananoque.

We are anchored at the red arrow.

The batteries were down to 72% charged this morning so I ran the generator to bring them up to 81%. It was cloudy and raining yesterday so the solar panels were not very effective. Usually in the morning the batteries are in the low 80%, so the panels do make a huge difference. This is the first day we have had no expenses. The day we left Kingston was our lowest previously, just paid for a bag of ice

There were a couple of drops of water on the Princess's pillow last night. Bummer! Up went the garbage bag taped to the ceiling. There were just a few drops in it this morning, but "our" standard is that one is too many. Not sure if I will try more Captain Tolley's Creeping Crack Cure or taping the hatch frame where it meets the deck. I don't want to do both because if the leak stops I won't know what the problem is.

I did my first beard trim this morning. Starting to look like a nice little Captain's beard, although a little more time is needed for it to mature.

We made it to Gananoque Marina at 11:45 after taking a tour around Picton Island and Rusho Bay. Rusho Bay looked really nice. I wish we had stayed there last night but I forgot how close it was to Picnic Point. There were 4 boats in there, but room for 2 more for sure. Our trip covered 10.4 miles, but it was probably twice the distance it would have been had we come straight here. We are docked on the 700 series of docks which are far from the marina office, but the wifi is strong and we can connect. We can also get Verizon from the States here. Jim is very happy because they have 50 amp power and for the first time in a long time, he can just plug in.

We all rode our bikes to town, and shopped at Canadian Tire and the grocery. We investigated the theater and hope to attend a show tomorrow night. Sunday shows are 50% off. Cocktails were on Annie's upper deck and dinner was at the Old English Pub. I was disappointed that they have stopped serving Guinness.