Incoming...
So, last year I meet a couple while on deployment with Team Rubicon and Janice and I visited them at their home in Florida last winter while driving cross country as we were on our way to France. Then, Keith and Lisa accepted our invitation to visit the Bee and spent several days with us this past month.
Applying to be a new recruit at Fort Henry.
Probably going to have to lose the shorts...
We made the usual rounds of "must see" places, including Singer Castle (of Singer sewing machine fame), the Parliament buildings and the Canadian museum of history in Ottawa, Fort Henry (built in 1832 in Kingston (the original capital of Canada), plus some island touring. Not bad for 4 days.
Singer Castle
Canadian museum of history
This was followed by a visit from my aunt for a couple of days. Nice time altogether.
Then we had a visit from daughter Kami from New Orleans who spent several days with us. She had a few of her friends drop by also.
Cocktails
One of the fun things we have taken to lately is to get on our new boat (well, a year old) in late afternoons and go get lost in the middle of a bunch of islands. There, we turn off the engine and drift for an hour or so as the wind or current takes us while we visit, read and have cocktails. The US boating laws allow for the consumption of alcohol while boating (obviously not being under the influence) while Canadian law does not. So, technically, since our island is a mere 20 feet (7 M) from the border, we could drink in the bow (front) but not in the stern (back) as our boat is 22 feet (7M) long.
I don't think I would want to test the authorities on that theory, but we usually avoid that behavior on the Canadian side in the first place.
Usually.
Most often.
But areas with names like "Lost Chanel", "Molly's Gut", "Needle's eye", "Horse Thief Bay" and Fiddler's Elbow" are just too cool to pass up. Meanwhile, as an alternative, we have done a little work on the new island we acquired next door to ours. We call it Pirate Island, although unlike Honey Bee, it is an unofficial name. With a friends help, I built a small dock on it, created a path to the top of the island and built a viewing platform. This gives us yet another option for a place to take in the beauty of the undeveloped back bay, no boating traffic and yes, another option for enjoying a cocktail. Crimeny, you would think that all we do around here is drink! Honest, we don't!
Viewing platform on "Pirate Island", our new 2nd island
Projects
We did manage to sneak in a few minor improvements around the place. Nothing earth shattering but nice little additions. I put up a couple of live edge shelves (one in the kitchen) laid a bit of flagstone at our entry, prepared an entry point on our new island (Pirate island) to a new swimming hole, and built a refueling station for our boats at our dock which will make my life a lot easier.
Live edge shelf
Flagstone entry
Secret swimming hole
Floating refueling station for boats
