Martello towers guard the mouth of the Rideau  •  There are actually three in the picture, the third hidden by the trees to the left. It stands out in the mist better here. Built in the 1840s to protect the then high-tech canal technology of the Rideau accessed between the nearest two towers, the …

Sunset over Collins Bay Pen last night  •  Kingston is a city of jails, a fact which I still notice sometimes. This was the view up the street from the grocery store yesterday as the sun went down.

The Canadian Shield dips to the St. Lawrence in one narrow band of red rock east of Gananoque and carries over to Wellesley Island, NY. What do they call these rocks there?

I was told that this is the best booze shack in Watertown, NY. Right next to the Eckerd's Pharmacy...where you can find the best beer selection in the county. And you thought druggists selling ciggies was weird.

The St. Lawrence from the Thousand Islands Bridge  •  In the good news section, winter is over because I could see water in the St. Lawrence. Remember, you read it on a blog so it must be true.

I am hoping to get into weekend travelling this summer a fair bit and will look south as well as north for stuff to do nearby. So what is there to plan to do this summer across the border in the land of first prize hots?  •  minor league baseball games  •  Black River Kayak Rodeo over at Watertown …

So we went over to St. Lawrence County, New York, on Saturday to catch a War of 1812 re-enactment of the Battle of Ogdensburg organized by a local group, Forsyth's Rifles Inc.. We were not disappointed. I had never been to one of these things before - other than being a mock soldier at Citidel …

So we are back from being over the border, having had a great time. I took some movies to be posted later of the Battle of Ogdensburg recreation which are fairly neat - if seeing grown men dressed up funny shooting cannon within town limits is cool to you.  •  But as I was driving through east end …