Let me start out by saying that I had never heard of Kingston before Katrina booked us to stay there. Therefore, my expectations where very low and I was ignorant. Kingston exceeded my expectations. We stayed at the 1000 Islands – Kingston KOA Holiday:
A very nice campground – what we have come to expectations from the KOA Holiday series.
Took a walking tour of the city to learn the background. Kingston was the former capital of Canada, I know, who knew? Nice downtown that is right on the northeast side of Lake Ontario where the St. Lawrence River starts out from the Great Lakes. That reminds me, if you ever see “One of the HOMES” in a crossword puzzle, it is a Great Lake name (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior). Now ya know. Anywho, here are some pictures from the city:
Learned a lot about this city. From the pictures you can see what I mean, eh?
Got tired from all the walking and pulled into Musiikki, a coffee shop (er, bar) for a drink and ran into this duet whilst quenching our thirst:
And yes, I’m about six months preggo in this pic. Shut up!
That evening we went to Chez Piggy (really?) for dinner. It was fantastic, better than I thought it would be based on the name.
Chez Piggy was a created in 1979 by Zal Yanovsky from The Lovin’ Spoonful and his partner Rose Richardson. Yummy, yummy food – thanks Jeanne Bateman for the recommendation! I guess Kingston was/is a hot spot! Also, one of the Blues Brothers has a home nearby – guess which one? Easy answer for the “A”!
The next day we took a lunch cruise on the St. Lawrence River. They call the area “1000 islands” and during the cruise I learned why. There are literally 1,000 of islands in this river.
Isn’t it amazing how they build houses right on the water on the island that they purchased? Global warming or just dumb? You decide.
We had entertainment on the cruise:
Elvis Presley.
Jimmy Buffett.
Willie Nelson.
Actually, the guy was really good entertainment.
You might have espied in some of the photos the round building with the red roofs. They are called Martello’s and they were built as military buildings (they housed a cannon on a circular wheel) to guard against the potential invaders that they expected in the late 16th and/or early 17th century. The invaders? The Americans! Really?
Needed to head back to get some sleep as we had to leave early in the next morning to head to Montreal to pick up Ari.
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