Saturday August 22: Crossing Lake Ontario - Back to the States

Once again we had a plan. Set the alarm for 7:30 am, take the red route to Brighton, fuel up and continue on to Oswego.

And also once again, the plan changed that fast. The alarm went off at 7 am - obviously an error on Republic Wireless rather than user error (first rule of being wrong: find someone (thing) else to blame :-)  )

The driver that took me back to the marina from Enterprise went into Brighton Marina - once. Bent both props in the middle of the channel.

Not sure what to do. Was he really out of the channel? Is it really that shallow? The warning on Active Captain warns of rocks by the fuel dock. What to do.

Since we had awoken early, the decision was made to travel the yellow route, stopping at Belleville (10 miles from Trenton) to top off the fuel tank - we carry 120 gallons and in theory had enough to cross the lake to Oswego. Neither of us thought it prudent to chance it.

With our flags wrapped and strapped with velcro we headed out.

Travel in the Bay of Quinte was perfect. We were cruising at 20+ mph and making good time.

Shore was never very far away - a very pleasant ride.

Finally we made the turn that put us on a straight heading for Oswego.

By this time our full exposure to Lake Ontario was cut to about 45 miles. Definitely different than the 70 miles on the red route.

In the end, it took us an extra 45 minutes. Trawler speed would have taken us an extra 2 hours :-) I love this cruising thing :-)




Shortly ater 12:30 we pulled into the Oswego harbor. The wind and waves had picked up some as we neared the southern shoreline but still a great run.

Checking back into the US was very easy via videophone at the Oswego Marina.

Plus we topped off the fuel tank again. Nice to be paying $3.76 a gallon instead of the $5.30 a gallon at Bellevue (ok - granted. This is $4.30 converted to US currency but still the US price is a welcome change.)

It was still early by the time we transited the first lock and tied up. I needed a nap! Early morning and long travel even though we were cruising.

Ended up that we just stayed :-)  Steve walked around and checked out the area. I slept and read.

This is such a nice place to stay for the night. Very quiet. Park right next door.

Surprising how many folks walked by - everyone saying hi.

Steve made shrimp on the grill (it really wasn't this wild of a fire!) - nice dinner.

Add a nice sunset and we are good for the night :-)

Plus our phones now all work as does our Verizon hotspot. Definitely we're spoiled by being back in the States!

Off tomorrow for - not sure where but someplace on the western end of the Erie Canal.