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fajrdrakoOn Saturday, I went on the Thousand Island Boat Tour out of Gananoque, Ontario.
I've always wanted to do this. Every time I go over the Thousand Island bridge to the U.S., I look down at the beautiful St. Lawrence river and think: "Wouldn't it be wonderful to be on a boat, down there on the water?"
It just goes to show that sometimes wishes come true.
Here are some of my photos of the trip:
The tour... If you're curious, "Gananoque" is pronounced Ga-na-NAH-kway.
The Thousand Island bridge from Canada to the U.S. The same one I have often gone over in a car.
One of the Thousand Islands - a typical island with rocks, trees, cottage. There are actually almost 2,000 island altogether. To qualify as an island, the piece of land must be above water every day of the year and have at least two trees on it.
Part of the island with Boldt Castle. A pretty island on the American side of the river, where a millionnaire once built a fabulous castle and went broke.
Boldt Castle. I was fascinated to see the U.S. Immigration station on the island - the smallest immigration office I have ever seen.
Another part of the island that Boldt Castle is on. The stone structure is (yet another) replica of the Arc de Triomphe, but this one has deer on top of it. Deer!
One end of the bridge to the U.S., as the boat went underneath.
Another typical island. Trees. Rocks. Water. The kind of thing the Group of Seven liked to paint.
The upper deck of the boat.
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rosiespark, a cannon near the boat landing in Gananoque, Ontario.Sunset as we drove home to Ottawa, along the Thousand Island Parkway.
Trees by the roadside.
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Date: 2006-08-11 01:52 pm (UTC)And your weather is so much nicer. Are you still sure you want our grey autumnal stuff?
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Date: 2006-08-11 02:09 pm (UTC)I do too, which is why I photographed this one - mind you, it's nicer from below than above. When you're on it, it's just more highway. It isn't reall all that thin, either, though it appears so from below. It's just very, very long.
Are you still sure you want our grey autumnal stuff?
Maybe not. Today it's cool and sunny and just about perfect.
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Date: 2006-08-11 06:02 pm (UTC)There are also several magnificant bridges over the IJ (the second river running trough Amsterdam - the other is of course the Amstel).
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Date: 2006-08-11 06:45 pm (UTC)He is not well known outside the Netherlands. He was a social utopian and loosly connected to the utopian community of Frederik van Eeden.
He wrote a few novellas about men who walked and talked and walked some more and who wanted to be bohemian and the clash between the demands of working life and ideals.
Recently his notebooks of his walks got published. It is that they were too expensive for me (limited edition) but the review sounded very interesting. Nescio lived in Amsterdam and he made substantial walks into the country. Country that is mostly no longer country but it will still be interestin to try and follow. He described nature but also how he went to buy 1 sigaret at a shop and had a talk with the owner. Glimpses of a time long gone.
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Date: 2006-08-11 06:48 pm (UTC)