Today was sort of a drizzly day. We headed northeast to Alexandria Bay about 14 miles from camp. We drove around town, and the bad weather was leaving so we decided to take a boat tour. We got to the end of James St. (the main drag) and there was one of the boat tours. We parked the car and purchased tickets. We thought we would take the two nation tour.
We have about an hour to kill before our boat leaves, so we shop along the main drag. We purchased absolutely NOTHING!!! Heading back to the docks we decided to sit and wait for the boat. We got on the 11:30 boat and out it goes. The 1000 islands area has many old homes built on the islands and a lot of them were build by millionaires during the 20's, 30's and 40's. Stately grand old homes. This area is called the “Millionaires Row”. The ride takes us southwest, then turns and heads northeast before heading north into Canadian waters. The tour guide is very informative and interesting. He is a young college kid and and ad libs a lot.
After about 2 hours on the boat tour, we arrived at Boldt Castle. The castle was started about 1900 by Mr. Boldt, as a gift to the love of his life, his wife Louise. Well the story goes, that Louise got sick and the construction was stopped just hours after her death because he was so overcome with grief. Anyhow the castle sat abandoned for 76 years before the state of New York purchased it for $1.00 and started restoring the castle. It is something to behold and well worth the extra money to see.
After spending as much time as we wanted at the castle, we caught a return boat to the mainland and headed back to camp.
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