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Showing posts with label Thousand Islands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thousand Islands. Show all posts
Thursday, June 18, 2009
July 17 Wednesday 2009 Thousand Islands
We come across a large turtle crossing the road on the KOA grounds. We drive to New York state to go on our Thousand Island tours. We get a shuttle at Schermerhorn harbour for Singer Castle on Dark Island. This was a duck hunting lodge of Frederick G Bourne 5th president of the Singer sewing machine Co. Singer Castle is a 5 story ,28 room mansion designed by New York architect E Flagg. We have a wonderful guide who has worked here for 25 years so she really knows her stuff. What really makes the castle interesting is the secret passageways, an underground tunnel and a
turret dungeon. This was all inspired by description of the Castle in "The towers" in the novel Woodstock by Sir Walter Scott. Singer castle was a private residence for 100 years and wasn't opened to the public until 2003. The lake freezes over in the winter so it is only opened from Mid May to Mid October.
We come across a large turtle crossing the road on the KOA grounds. We drive to New York state to go on our Thousand Island tours. We get a shuttle at Schermerhorn harbour for Singer Castle on Dark Island. This was a duck hunting lodge of Frederick G Bourne 5th president of the Singer sewing machine Co. Singer Castle is a 5 story ,28 room mansion designed by New York architect E Flagg. We have a wonderful guide who has worked here for 25 years so she really knows her stuff. What really makes the castle interesting is the secret passageways, an underground tunnel and a
turret dungeon. This was all inspired by description of the Castle in "The towers" in the novel Woodstock by Sir Walter Scott. Singer castle was a private residence for 100 years and wasn't opened to the public until 2003. The lake freezes over in the winter so it is only opened from Mid May to Mid October.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
June 16 Tuesday Thousand Islands 74'(23) sunny
We take the QEW to Hwy 407 Today is mostly freeway driving. We avoid the 401 through Toronto and take the toll road (407). They send you a bill through the mail after taking a picture of your plate. We are heading for the Thousands Islands just past Kingston. A boater's paradise in a park of Islands. We arrive at 3pm 79'(26) at the Ivy Lee Koa . We traveled 285 mi(458k) We look into boat cruises for tomorrow and find out that they only do weekend trips until July. We go across the boarder as they are running them their. We cross a toll bridge $2.75 and stop at a visitors center. They call and luckily they have 2 spots left for a 2 and a half hour tour to Singer castle so we should have enough time to take the ferry to Boldt Castle in the afternoon and stay until the last ferry back . We did a trail run a good thing as we got lost twice. Sherri phones when we get back and we skype. Shannon phoned yesterday and they are in San Diego.
REMEMBER- Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your lips are moving.
We take the QEW to Hwy 407 Today is mostly freeway driving. We avoid the 401 through Toronto and take the toll road (407). They send you a bill through the mail after taking a picture of your plate. We are heading for the Thousands Islands just past Kingston. A boater's paradise in a park of Islands. We arrive at 3pm 79'(26) at the Ivy Lee Koa . We traveled 285 mi(458k) We look into boat cruises for tomorrow and find out that they only do weekend trips until July. We go across the boarder as they are running them their. We cross a toll bridge $2.75 and stop at a visitors center. They call and luckily they have 2 spots left for a 2 and a half hour tour to Singer castle so we should have enough time to take the ferry to Boldt Castle in the afternoon and stay until the last ferry back . We did a trail run a good thing as we got lost twice. Sherri phones when we get back and we skype. Shannon phoned yesterday and they are in San Diego.
REMEMBER- Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your lips are moving.
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