Cape Vincent to Alexandria Bay

Wednesday August 12th.
Hans arrived at 8:30 AM today to change out the filters. After he changed both primary filters, he then changed out the secondary filters. The crud that came out of the filters looked like mud. He brought along a set of spares, and told me I may have to do this again before our trip was to end on Saturday.

Hans had explained to me back in October 2008 that I may have fuel problems because the when we bought the boat there was 250 gallons of fuel in the tanks, and that fuel was purchased by the previous owner back in September 2006. It was then already two years old.

We left the docks in Cape Vincent at about 10:30 Am and we had a 30 mile run to A-Bay. The St. Lawrence River was calm, and the trip to A-Bay was uneventful. By 1:30 we were settled in our docks at the Thousand Islands Club.
This has to be the most beautiful, well-kept marina in the Northeast. Everything about this marina is first-class, including the boats that seasonally dock there. This marina, although it has an Alexandria Bay address, is actually located on Wellsley Island.
We headed to the marina pool to cool off, and just sat around and talked. By 6PM we were all hungry, so we headed back to the boats to bbq some chicken and have dinner.
While cooking, some friends of ours, former boaters at Oak Park, Dave and Sue Hirst who now live on Wellsley Island, dropped by to visit. They arrived via golf cart, and Dave gave Doug and I a tour of the club, his home and some of the complex. It is all so beautiful.
We returned back to the Camelot, sat around and just talked the evening away. At about 10, Dave and Sue left and we headed off to our boat to watch some TV and go to sleep.