Jack Tar Adventures

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June 13:

We went through the last lock on the Oswego Canal quickly and uneventfully; it was only eight feet down.  The lake crossing seemed auspicious as it was a clear, cool day, and the wave prediction was for one-foot waves every three seconds, which would have been ideal. The port of Oswego was much bigger than I realized.

Unfortunately, the waves turned out to be one to two feet and hit every second on our beam (side of the boat) and later from behind and on the beam, which makes for very swirly, queasy circumstances, and it took us six hours to get across.  I had taken some anti-nausea meds, but Peter had not, so for only the second time in his life, he experienced sea sickness.  We had a short respite as we passed between two islands named Galloo and Calf Island and had some good views of the crystal clear water by the shoreline.  Our first glimpse of Canada revealed many, many windmills – I counted 80 within view.

Despite everything, Peter rallied and docked us safely in very windy conditions on another free city dock.   The beautiful afternoon encouraged us to walk into Cape Vincent, a sleepy, quiet, charming town with many old houses in varying stages of repair, but every lawn space and garden was attended to meticulously. 

In the evening, a lady knocked on our door with breads and cookies from her bakery that she was giving away!  She had baked too many for an event that was held in the town, and didn’t want them to go to waste. 

June 14: Cape Vincent

Sun June 14 Cape Vincent NY

We were stuck yet again in thunderstorms and rain all day.  Peter walked back into town ostensibly to use the wifi in the cafe, but really to get a coffee and croissant 🙂