Greek's Folly on the Great Loop: Mon, Tues, Wed Aug 7,8,9 Kingston to 1000 Islands (Beau Rivage, Mulcaster Is )

Mon, Tues, Wed Aug 7,8,9 Kingston to 1000 Islands (Beau Rivage, Mulcaster Is ) Today is a civic holiday in Canada - which makes for a long weekend for the locals. It is cool, in the 60s, overcast, and still alot of boaters on the water. It seems that Canadians boat and enjoy summer activities regardless of the air temperature, weather conditions, and water conditions. We are heading to the 1000 Islands National Park. This is an area with many islands, actually over 1800 islands, some with private homes, some with Canadian national parks, and many with boating accommodations. This means that there are free docks on the islands, mooring balls available, camping facilities and many boaters. At these docks, it is first come first serve, so most docks are full, with boats shoulder rafted at the piers, by the time we arrive. We saw one pier with 5 boats rafted together. We found a comfortable anchorage and by the end of the evening 23 other boats also found this anchorage. There is plenty of room for everyone. We dropped the dingy and went for an afternoon ride exploring in-between the islands, looking at the private homes and cottages. Some islands are just a large rock big enough for one house and a pier, and people are enjoying it all.

On Tuesday we decided to explore more of the 1000 islands and pick a new one to anchor near. We cruised around slowly and checked out many islands and saw many boaters anchored near islands, enjoying and relaxing in the area. The homes are beautiful and interesting on these islands, some large mansions and some comfortable homes and some tiny little cottages on tiny little islands. We decided to anchor near Mulcaster Island and explore in the dinghy. We traveled between islands and saw other cruisers enjoying the water and summer-like weather. On Wednesday we decided we were comfortable so we just stayed in the same location but ventured farther away on the dinghies. We found 3 marinas near Ivy Lea and enjoyed the day. It is relaxing being on the hook - just doing as much or as little as we would like.

There are cottages of all sizes on all sizes of islands

Our anchorage at Beau Rivage Island

This house had 6 boats at its docks of various sizes

Scenery from our anchorage

Another day, another clump of weeds on the anchor. Colletta is refining
her technique on removing these and we have cut our
harvesting time down before we can get under way.
The water is very clear up here so it is there is also allot
of vegetation on the bottom wee have to deal with. You have
to make sure when you anchor you are really set in the bottom
and not just hooked on the weeds. We power the boat back to make
sure the anchor is really set. It is better to make sure the anchor
is really set now as opposed to having it drag during a storm in the
middle of the night.