July 8, 2011

Wow – it was a bit cooler this morning.  My people were wearing sweatshirts.  We headed for Clayton, NY.

“Old Grouch” stayed as they had to replace a chip, but “Crawdad” and I headed out around 7:30.

The weather was really good for the crossing – mostly sunny with only a few clouds.  Seas were good too (Kate took a pill just in case, though).

We arrived in Clayton @ 2:00 PM.  We had to move around the pier a bit to find power.  They only have 2 - 50 amp stands and we had to wait for people to leave.  We were all set by 2:30 so the people went to the Antique Boat Museum.  It was right at the end of the pier so they didn’t have far to go.  They discussed it at dinner on board with Jim & Gloria Crawford.  I’m jealous of all the pretty wooden boats they talked about!  Everything from Birch bark canoes to a really big houseboat with 9 bedrooms.

I think I’d like to stay here when I get old – they really like boats and take good care of the older ones!

The people were eating in tonight I order to use up the veggies before we go to Canada.  They might not be able to bring fruit and such in.

Clayton is on the St Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands are right here.  It is very pretty country.  We could cruise around here for a whole summer, explore, and not grow tired of it.