July 22, 2014 (92nd Day)

Nice morning again.  Had breakfast at Tim Horton's.  It was still too early to go visit Fort Henry in Kingston, ON, which opened at 9:30 am, and we had two hours to kill. Decided to go to a laudromat which is around the corner from Tim Horton's.  Did two loads of clothing and towels.  Very good wifi at laundromat!

After the laundry we went by the city's oldest and largest cemetery, Cataraqui Cemetery.  Lots of interesting tombstones and statues.  Edith likes to check out old cemeteries while vacationing.

We arrived Fort Henry and parked the van, walked to the ticket office, but found out the office is closed for 10 more minutes. We were too early!  We decided to go with the package good for two attractions: Fort Henry and Upper Canada Village (about an hour and half drive).  We went inside the exhibit, then went outside to go to the fort.  There were band training in progress.  Walked up to the second level and went inside the passage, very damp.  Then to 3rd level where there are cannons .  Back to the first level, went inside the ammunition passage, very wet, water was dripping from above.  How did they keep ammuntiion dry back in those days?    

Still on Highway 2 East we pulled over to check out MacLachlan Woodworking Museum.  The museum has the most extensive collection of woodworking tools in Canada. Any woodworker would love to come and take a look at various tools on display. Edith didn't know there was an admission price and went ahead thru the museum and the next building leaving Erwin stuck to pay the fees, good thing he had a few bills on him!

Mosaic of wood slices on the floor in the foyer

A very large collection of wooden hand planes

1855 Log House

Drove around Gananoque, saw many interesting statues, sculptures, exhibits.

Driving along Thousand Islands Parkway there were many islands with some houses on them. We can see U.S. soil on the other side of St. Lawrence River.

In Prescott, ON we stopped by to check out the historic site - Battle of the Windmill.  Unfortunately, the windmill was closed, but we were not sure if it is closed permanently.  In 1838 a battle was fought near this grist windmill and was converted into a lighthouse in 1973.

The wall of this tower was incredibly thick,  about 3 feet.  I guess it had to be strong to support the windmill.

Not too far from the Battle of the Windmill was a replica of a lighthouse that is being worked on, but we were allowed to climb up inside the tower. 

Now driving on Heritage Highway (2) not much excitement along the route, but the scene is very pretty.  Approaching Johnstown, ON we saw the bridge that connects between Canada and U.S..  

Ogdensburg Prescott International Bridge

Since we had tickets to visit Upper Canada Village we went by there, but found out that to see the whole village would take more than 3 hours. It was around 4 pm when we checked in and the village is closed at 5 pm, so we decided we were going to a campground to spend the night and come visit the village first thing in the morning.

We got a site at Riverside-Cedar Campground in Morrisburg, ON.  After supper we went biking for a while.  We were planning on going out to Morrsiburg, but our next door campers warned us that it was going to rain, so we elected to stay put.  Edith went out for a walk, saw some genuine Canadian geese, (they were after all, in Canada!)