Last Week

Thursday: Left Windsor around 5:30pm, finally arrived in Portland around 2:00am. Slept on houseboat.

Friday: Got ready to leave on boat, reverse was broken. Departure delayed until around 3:30pm. Spent the night at the Newboro lock.

Saturday: Persuaded the others to spend the morning in the metropolis of Newboro. I, and what I can only imagine was almost the entire population of the town, gathered in the local pub to watch England lose to Portugal. Made our way down the Rideau Canal System and "anchored" in a bay just past Jones Falls. Overnight we drifted about 1km without hitting shore.

Sunday: Dehydration sets in. Consumption of non-alcoholic beverages in increased. Travelled down to the Kingston Confederation Marina. Had dinner at Stoney's before returning to the boat.

Monday: Explored Kingston, including their incredibly well stocked LCBO. Replenished our beer and picked up 8 bottles of Liberty Ale to bring back to Windsor. Went to Fort Henry in the afternoon, to the Lonestar for dinner. And then made a determined attempt to kill my liver*, it seems to have survived.

Tuesday: Left Kingston (after getting a jump due to our dead battery) and made it to Upper Brewers Locks. Discovered that the locals hands smelt of corn*.

Wednesday: Continued back to Westport. Bought some water guns in the local toy store and declared war on fellow boat occupants. BBQ'd some steaks. Attempted to go into town and frequent their two bars. The first closed after our first beer. Went up to the other bar where we were informed the local "lob pitch" league was playing. Attempted to route enthusiastically for a randomly selected team. By the time our team got up to bat the mosquitos were about to drag us away, we retreated into the bar. Two of my friends played rock paper scissors for the chance to go to Kingston with random bar people, the winner passed up the opportunity.

Thursday: Returned the boat and returned to Windsor.

Friday: Went downtown with Janet, then to the beach. At Biblioasis I received a refund of 11 cents since they had not yet adjusted their cash register to 6% GST. Spent some time at home, then went to the Riverside Tavern with Janet and Nick.

Saturday: Read about elevated e coli levels at Sandpoint. Went to the mall and discovered that the Roundhouse LCBO stocks Liberty Ale (kind of, they had two bottles).

Sunday: Hung around at home, watched the soccer game, napped, read, surfed the inter-web.