Monday July 21, 2025 Laurel Creek Conservation Campsite to comfy Marriott Hotel in Kingston Ontario

Not sure why this campground was so empty last night but that’s okay. We had nobody next to us and it was nice and dark. It only went down to mid 50’s so no heat required until almost dawn.

Deb already booked us a hotel in Kingston, Ontario for tonight which is only 4 hours away. We have not been to Knigston and have heard good things about it so we thought we would get there early and walk around and check out the city.

The bathrooms close to us were awful but the ones further away were great. We skipped showers, even though they looked pretty nice, so we could really enjoy the hotel shower. Little pleasures.

We did the dump station thing since we won’t be camping the next few days. Deb and all our friends in VT have put together a series of get togethers over the next week starting Tuesday night. Always fun to catch up with old friends.

Since we had lots of time today we took most side roads we could find and were rewarded with country roads, sunny skies with puffy clouds and gold and green crops of wheat, hay and whatever that other green stuff is.

Today was buy Canadian day so we got coffee and bagels at a Tim Horton’s and lunch at a Mr Sub, the equivalents of our McDonalds and Subway. Google Maps found a nice easy way into Fort Henry in Kingston and there were no crowds there. We did their guided tour done by a “soldier” in character and she did a great job.

Kingston and the Fort are here because this is where the Rideau Canal (which travels to Ottawa, the Saint Lawrence Seaway and Lake Ontario) meet, so the English protected this waterway when they built the fort in 1837.

Hotel check in was at 4 pm so we drove over the canal into town and found a public parking lot for the night, since the hotel parking garage only clears 6’8”. It was cheaper than the hotel lot anyway ($13).

Then we did laundry, showers, and out for a great dinner at The Kingston Brewing Company.