Internet problems in Trenton

We are currently sitting in the public library in Trenton, Ontario, Canada. We have been here for 30 minutes trying to get access to our own blog from a foreign computer. We finally made it.

We spent two nights in Kinston, Ontario, then set out for Picton, Ontario. Upon further consideration, we decided that we would much prefer to spend a night in solitude from the helter skelter of marinas and such, so we anchored north of Picton in Hay Bay off the Bay of Quint. We had a little trouble getting the anchor to set due to heavy weeds, so we backed off a little off shore and got it set. Not as much protection from the NW winds, but we expected to spend a calm night there anyway.

After dinner, we went to bed soon after sunset only to be accosted by a rambunctious thunder storm complete with thunder, lightening and high winds. Actually, it was quite exciting and beautiful! John took a bearing on a lighted TV tower so we could check during the night to see if we had dragged the anchor. The anchor held and we slept soundly -- after the thunderstorm banged and clattered its way off to the east, knowing full well that the morning would dawn bright and clear and we could be on our way early.

NOT----

We awoke early to another thunderstorm which changed our plans to a mid-morning departure. Even with all the noise and light shows, we really enjoyed our night at anchor. On the way to our next destination, Trenton, Ontario we passed through a heavy rain shower with high winds, but we kind of enjoyed the day even though we spent it heeled over like a sail boat.

Speaking of sail boats, we have used the sail twice crossing Lake Ontario, and had it up over night again, to help steady the boat in the wind while at anchor.

Arriving in Trenton we soon met up with a couple on the boat "Slow Dance" from Gulfport MS. We expect to be seeing a lot of them in the next couple of months.

This morning at breakfast, two birch bark canoes pulled up in the slip next to us with people in period costume. It made all the history we have learned seem very real! We took pictures but will have to post those when our own service returns!

It turns out that there is a cold front expected through here this weekend, and that coupled to the stories we have heard about hordes of rental housboats to be found on the waterway during weekends, peopled with people who have never been on a boat before, we have decided to stay here and enjoy this marina located right downtown in a lovely little city with music in the park next to the marina and an outdoor market we intend to visit as soon as we leave here.

We are in this library because our Verizon air card does not seem to work in this part of Canada, so we may be unable to blog unless we are in a city that provides a service like this one. So if we don't show up at the same time and same station as usual, it's not due to a lack of interest but a lack of connectivity!