Picton ON July 9, 2015

My day started meeting Jennie. She is a homeless, mentally challenged person. I did not know that at first. She was standing outside our boat at 6:30 when I went for a shower. I said good morning to her and she told me it was illegal to fly the American flag in a Canadian harbor. Of course I disagreed. Then she went on to unplug Jim's Power because he had two plugs in and was using too much power. She told me to leave the showers open even though the sign said they were to be locked. The sign was illegal she explained. It was also illegal to leave a light on in the bathroom. She left before 8:00 when the marina staff came. Turns out she has a no trespassing order against her as the police have been called twice to evict her. Interesting morning. While this marina is very nice, it is totally open with no security at all, which is different from most marinas. The harbor is very quiet in the morning.

Patrick Menard, a very nice Picton Police Officer came aboard to discuss our incident with Jennie. He explained she is a nuisance, but harmless, and actually does have a home. He then took the time to review the local chart with us to point out some nice anchorages and marinas.

Jennie came back about 10:00, unplugged Jim's boat and threw the plugs on the ground. Jim told her the police were looking for her. She suggested to Jim that he do something unnatural to himself. A cab driver told us later that the police did haul her away. I told Jim he may have to stay and testify, so he took a moment to practice his testimony.

Jim and I did a little bike ride to the Price Edward Yacht Club while the ladies went shopping. Kerry bought an aloe plant. We always like to travel with a plant and she likes the feel of the aloe on her skin. The shop had a pet rabbit named Harry running around like a little dog would. We met up for lunch.

We spent the afternoon reading and napping. Dinner was pizza on top of Annie in the cocktail lounge. Afterwards Jola went for a bike ride while Jim and I fished and smoked a nice after dinner cigar. The sun came out at the end of the day and made the ships in the harbor into a scenic setting.

Tomorrow we are heading out for Prinyer Cove, a nice anchorage about 12 miles from here. On Saturday, we go to Kingston for a 4 night stay. Most likely tomorrow's blog will be delayed for lack of wifi.