Thanks to Enterprise who picked us up at the marina, we got the car in Plattsburgh and spent the day exploring that part of the world. There is lots of hiking available and we found a very nice and moderately rigorous trail up to Silver Lake.
To recover from that, we found Valcour Brewery, named after the island we had anchored next to as well as a famous battle in the Revolutionary War. We followed that up with, what else, but a visit to a winery and hard cider establishment. There we spent a couple of hours sampling the wares and learning about cider making from the owner’s son, a Long Island transplant.
On Saturday, we drove up to Montreal to attend the fabulous weeklong jazz festival there. Just over the Canadian border we passed through lots of farmland.
Montreal is supposed to be one of the best jazz festivals in the world. There was a lot of music to choose from, much of it free. The bigger names were scheduled in the evenings and those had a fee. We took advantage of the freebies and saw a couple of especially good performances.
We stayed there all day and didn’t get back to Zendo until 9 pm that night.
We headed back to Montreal on Sunday, this time to spend the day with friends Sarah and Daniel who own a condo next door to Andy to which they escape in the winter. They very graciously showed us their beautiful city. We especially appreciated the drive through Mont Real and the lovely neighborhoods there.
We visited the St. Joseph Oratory at the top of the mountain. It’s a beautiful church that looks very old but was built in the 1920’s. The interior architecture was quite modern and very different than the exterior.
They drove us through some charming neighborhoods and took us to the Italian market for lunch and of course we had to stock up on some provisions for the boat.
Montreal is also known for its bagels so we had to stop for some of those as well.
That evening, Sarah made a delicious dinner and we had a chance to visit with their handsome son, Stefan.
The weather has been very hot; we are experiencing the same heat wave as the rest of the country. So we spent Monday at the marina doing boat chores and trying to keep cool. Fortunately, the injector pump arrived as scheduled on Tuesday and Jonny and the local yard mechanic spent all afternoon installing it.
So finally on the 4th of July, we departed Rouses Point after a sea trial and pump out. Rouses Point ended up being quite a lovely village in which to be laid up. The people were friendly, the rates were low, it had enough amenities for our needs and it was centrally located just south of the Canadian border and between the Adirondacks and Montreal.
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