The Russians are coming! (ok, they came)

Today we took a one day trip to the "1000 Islands". We went into Gananoque, which is a tourist town on the St Lawrence River. I wasn't too impressed. The big thing in town is the waterfront with the boat tours. The problem is, the parking. The tour company didn't have enough parking and there are few signs telling your where to go. They really need some help from an urban planner to help them sort out that mess.

After that, we went to the Sky Deck, which is a 400 foot high tower on Hill Island. You have to take a bridge to the U.S. but before you get to the U.S. you get to the Sky Deck (which is on Canadian territory). It cost about $20 for us to go up, but it certainly is a spectacular view.

Finally, we went to the tiny little town of Rockport. From there we were able to take a 1 hour boat tour of the 1000 Islands. The hour long tour was $38, and I think it was worth it. We couldn't visit Boldt Castle, because it is on the U.S. side and we didn't have passports. The security restrictions must have really, really cut into their business! Interestingly enough, there was a whole tour bus full of Russians on the boat with us. Personally, I found this just as interesting as the tour, although I am wondering how this group of people found the money to take a North American tour, buy the Nikon optics, etc. Hummm!

So, now we are home. We had some of Karen's fabulous Pasta Carbonara (left over from last night). Karen says it's "comfort food", which I take to mean "food that you don't eat, but rather consume with gusto".