It was an on again - off again rainy day but we decided to just move across the harbor to tie up at the town dock to explore Alexandria Bay.
We were told that this is a touristy, honky-tonk type of town and our sources were correct! We stopped for lunch at a local bar and afterwards went to the post office so Jonny could mail a package. But the signs in town did have an old 1950’s vibe!
We then took off on Zendo to travel to Singer Castle. Lynn was particularly interested in seeing this because it was built by the president of Singer Sewing Machine Company. Her parents met each other at the Singer store in New Haven where her dad was working as a manager during World War II. My mother walked in with her sister to buy something and the rest is history!
We tied up at the dock at Singer Castle with the help of one of their staff.
There we participated in a group tour led by a very competent local high school girl. The castle was not as large or ornate as Boldt Castle. It was darker and less well maintained but still interesting with lots of secret hidden passages throughout.
To Lynn’s delight, there were old Singer sewing machines in every room!
The weather finally started to clear as we left the castle bound for our nightly anchorage. We found a nice one off of Grenadier Island.
Using the avocados we bought in Cape Vincent, Jonny made guacamole and we had vegetarian chile for dinner. A big bank of dark clouds was coming and thinking it was going to rain again, we had dinner in the saloon. However, the rain passed us by and we missed a lovely evening on the aft deck.
The sunset later that evening, which is usually around 8:30, was particularly spectacular.
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