Park Hopping

When we go the Thousand Islands there are three different state parks that we like to frequent. From experience we found that we really like camping at Keewaydin, mainly for the gigantic pool that is so nice to jump in when we return from an outing. It is also a great place to walk and even has a few short hiking trails. Plus the launch ramp can always be used no matter what the river level is. However, unless you walk out to the marina or along the shore, there aren't many sites that have a view of the St. Lawrence. Grass Point State Park does have that view (and a few sites with power, which Keewaydin doesn't have), but with the water high, their launch ramp is barely usable, except the kayaking is really good. Our other spot we like is Kring Point, which is a bit to the north and set about 8 miles from Alexandria Bay. It too has electric and water hook ups, so even though it is removed from the tourist areas, the place is packed with campers. The surrounding islands are so much fun to paddle around though, and the coves that the islands make attracts loons. So, what we have discovered is that when we get a campsite at any of the parks, we have free day use at any other park in the area! Instead of moving our whole entourage to each park, we can stay at Keywaydin and bring the yaks to the other parks. We did this and it worked out perfectly, especially at Kring Point.

The loons were calling and I was able to get fairly close to one family of them...

Would you like to buy this island? You could put a house on the whole rock, like the one we saw near Grennell Island.

Or perhaps you could buy one of these trailers or modulars for a mere quarter of a million dollars...if you could get anyone to sell. Great view, but the river is wide here.

On these 2 islands, the homes were gorgeous, but we couldn't help to wonder how they got the gazebo on the boathouse roof.

The water seemed to have gone down a couple of inches during the 4 days that we were there, but it is still high and doing damage to boathouses. 

The 300 ft. from shore no wake zones are still posted, but few people pay attention to this. You can imagine the damage a wake from a large boat would do to places that are already flooded or close to flooded. These homeowners kept their sense of humor though... 

Now we have a routine as to where to go and what to do, all weather dependent of course. Although Dave will be going to the Antique Boat Museum's show and auction on Saturday in Clayton, I will sit this one out and stay in Ticonderoga for more kayaking. We will shoot for a nice few days to return in Gulliver to Alex Bay later in August, but you never know when that urge to see ships will take over and change our plans...