August 1: Overdosed (on Country Music) in Trenton!

Early leave time from Frankford. It was only a bit over 7 miles to Trenton but there were six locks to go through. The plan worked well! Locks are always left in the filled position overnight so any first lockage is always down and we hoped to be in that first lockage the whole way.

Worked well except for one lock had some work being done so we had to wait but less than 30 minutes :-)

By 12:30 we were in Trenton and tied up at Fraiser Marina having passed through the final lock (#1) on the Trent-Severn Canal.

We did a bit of exploring around Trenton and found a Royal Canadian Air Force Goldenhawk Sabre Jet on display nearby. There were a number of jets flying overhead throughout the day - no doubt from the Canadian Forces Base in Kingston - not too far east of here.

Entertainment for the night was "Despicable Me 2". Enjoyable enough and we love the minions :-)

Today was the overdose day :-)  It was the 23rd annual Classic Country Music Reunion Jamboree! The fiddler hour began at noon so we headed over shortly after noon - it was only a 10 minute bike ride - over another bridge of course and stayed 'til the end at 5! After a break for dinner, we were back at 6:30 for the main show. We lasted until 9:30 and decided we really needed to get back on our bikes before it was totally dark.

Safety Matt would not have approved of us traveling after dark with no lights so we were sure to stay on the sidewalks of well lit streets :-)

It was a day when cowboy hats ruled the day! No boating hats at THIS jamboree :-)

One lady was really into it with quite the flowing bola on her hat! It was just a great day of people watching and good old time country music.

We may have to stay another day ......

The venue is an outdoor amphitheater just across the river from where we are staying. It's on the Bay of Quinte - attached to Lake Ontario. There are probably 200 or so RV's, campers here in the park. One of the couples we met just travel around to the jamborees all summer.

Must be like the trawler rendezvous we attend - just folks with common interests :-)