July 19, 2011 Gananoque

This is our extra day in Gananoque. It started with me walking to the marina to post the log update. Kerry was up when I returned. After breakfast we rode our bikes to town. I got a haircut from a nice barber names Ed. He was quite a character. Older than me, he has only been married for 83 days – married on the rebound. He has a cat that he found in an alley hungry, 12 years ago and gave it a can of salmon. He also has two finches in his shop that fly from plant to plant. Kerry says he gave me the best haircut I have had in a year. A sign in the shop says, “No man is complete until he is married. Then he is finished.”

We shopped and went on a bike ride after that. On the way to the boat we bumped into a interesting museum and set of shops. The museum had a lot of information about boating and the war on 1812 and we spent about 1 ½ hours touring and shopping.

It was really warm now. The air conditioning was on in Excalibur and Kerry said she was not going outside the rest of the day. Not me, of course. Lew and I took the Annie M for a tour of the harbor and inlet that goes into the city. We picked up Gretchen in town and gave her a ride back to Windchaser.

One bit of good news – the missing battery charger showed up! It was in a box of candles that was under the bathroom sink. I called Kingston Camera to see if they would still take back the charger I bought from them. They said they would, so I biked to the post office and mailed it back to them. Kerry and I have not agreed on how the charger got in the candle box.

We had dinner at the Gananoque Inn before the theater. Kerry wore a pretty new dress, but was distressed that she had to wear walking shoes instead of the pretty little shoes she had planned with the outfit. It was just too far for cute little shoes.

The play was held in a theatre in the round and called The Drowning Girls. It was based on a real life case in the late 1800’s of England. This guy had 8 wives and at least 3 of them drown in bathtubs after the marriages. He was finally convicted and hanged. The play took place in 3 bathtubs set is a little pond like area. The 3 women actresses were wet the entire play. The water was cold too when we touched it after the show. It was a really entertaining show.

Tomorrow we motor to Grenadier Island. It’s about 15 miles away. We have never been there but two sailors recommended the anchorage. We will leave at 10:00 AM.