After Beth dropped her phone in the river last night, our plans for today changed a little. We went back into Alexandria Bay this morning and were able to find a spot at the city dock. Darrell called T-Mobile and found that the nearest place we could get a phone was 20 miles from here. This town isn’t large enough to have any car rental agencies and a taxi was going to be quite expensive. We went to the Chamber and one of the ladies called her husband and asked him to drive Darrell to Evans Mills. Her husband graciously agreed. Bob was looking for a new depth sounder so went with Darrell in hopes of finding one.
We left Alexandria Bay at 1 p.m. with a new cell phone for Beth and a new depth sounder for Bob. We went to Singer Island, about 10 miles away and planned to tour that castle. We arrived at 2:30 and were told we would be in the 3:00 tour. 3:00 came and went. They kept putting us off, saying there was a tour boat coming and we would be with that group. We weren’t allowed to go by ourselves. Finally at 3:30 we requested a refund and left. We watched with binoculars and the tour boat didn’t tie up until 4:00.
The Thousand Islands are breathtaking. There are islands almost everywhere in this area of the river. To quality as an island, there must be at least 1 tree on it and it must be visible 365 days a year. Some are very close together, some are large and others small. Most have homes on them and you can only get to them by boat. Some of the larger islands have 2-3 homes. Many of the smaller have 1 house.
Every picture in the slide show is that of an island. Some have homes and some don’t.
We decided to go back to our anchorage of last night, just beside Boldt Castle. Another night with a beautiful view.
Tomorrow we will go to Rockport, Ontario to clear customs.
