Brockville stop

Hi F and F, 

Our plan is to keep the boat here from Saturday til Wednesday before we head to Alexandria Bay where the boat will be stored over the winter.

Nice to have a break and enjoy some time with our good friends Barb and Stephen in Ottawa.

 At 10.30 am the Enterprise Rental Car lady arrived at the boat and we drove back to her office to sort out payment , and then we headed to a good supermarket to get groceries, and check out the library wifi.Our Brockville Marina doesn't have wifi surprisingly ! Many shops in the town were closed but they did have a Farmers Market operating.I dropped Graeme off at the library and headed there.

The first stall I came to was selling  organic meats and as I listened to the owner speaking I realized he was from Down Under.

So I asked , Are you a New Zealander? Sure enough Luke. came from Hamilton, had won a scholarship to work on dairy farming in Sussex , England ,had met his Canadian wife there and now lived in Ontario. He was raising turkeys, sheep, cattle and hens NZ style he said.  Much to the interest and amusement of the other  shoppers , we had a good old chat!

I bought a couple of fresh items from the market then we headed back to the boat.

In the afternoon, we went on a little adventure I had planned .A visit to the Frederic Remington Art Museum on Ogensburg which is on the USA side. The areas in the 1,000 Islands change from Canadian to USA  very few miles.Infact the water over the bridge we crossed over to Ogensburg , is divided right down the middle of the seaway.One side USA the other Canada.we took our passports and had an easy border crossing.

Frederic Remington ( 1861 to1909) was one of the most famous artists of his time.His interest was in the Wild West of USA and he did many bronze sculptures (some quite large ) and paintings of that era. Many people have collected  or inherited his work.Sadly he died at age 48 of peritonitis  due to an appendix issue.The lady in charge at the museum filled us in on lots of information and then we toured the museum which was well laid out and informative. Several visitors arrived (members of the museum) and they laid on a nice afternoon drinks and nibbles which we were invited to. The museum was originally the house of Remington's wife , after Frederic died.

Lovely way to spend the afternoon and drive through the scenic parts alongside the river , both sides

Dinner on board was a nice spaghetti bolonese dish with an emu sauce we had found in the Quebec Farmers Market It was delicious!

Over and Out, 

S and S.