September 11, 2017. Kingston to home.

We awoke to bright sunshine and warm temperatures. Right after breakfast Bill went in the water to wash the outside of the boat--much easier to do it in the water than on the trailer.

The water was extremely calm in our little harbor.

We left Milton Island around 9:30, about an hour and a half later than we had planned. The water was still as smooth as glass with absolutely no wind, so we did not attempt to sail.

On our way back to Kingston we saw this interesting dock, and a boat very similar to ours. This is the 31' version, also made by Corsair.

The windmills on Wolfe Island were still. The view out into Lake Ontario was still as well.

There is a lookout tower on Cedar Island; this may be a future stop when we return to this area.

A ferry boat passed right behind us--I was not watching like I usually do, and Bill was uncomfortable with how close it came before we were aware of it. After stopping to pump out the head we docked at Kingston about 11:00 and started removing sails and gear from the boat.

Just when we were almost ready to take it out of the water a barge pulled onto the launch ramp and we had to wait half an hour while the bargeman loaded his concrete tiles. As soon as he was done Bill backed the trailer down the ramp so we would be next. We got the boat on the trailer without incident and started getting ready to lower the mast.

The mast came down nicely; it's much easier to do when there is no wind, which was a factor in deciding to come into shore today.

When we were done wrapping up the boat we walked across the street for lunch with my friend Noreen at Portsmouth Tavern. Noreen and I rode together from Los Angeles to Boston 9 years ago. We discussed inviting the XC08 group to meet somewhere in the midwest next year for a 10 year anniversary ride.

We left the marina at 4:30 PM, a full 2 hours later than we had planned, but it worked to our advantage. We drove past Toronto without any traffic delays (although there was plenty of traffic).

We encountered 4 separate construction areas between London and Windsor, 2 of them causing time delays. We got to the border at 12:40 AM, and the border agent was just getting into asking us questions when shouts arose from another booth. He sent us on our way and we arrived home about 1:30 AM. Life is good.