Boating in the Thousand Islands to Kingston ( we LOVE Canadian Summers )

Unfortunately with the 3-night maximum on a Parks Canada dock, it is time for us to leave our favorite spot on the Loop. We are not sad though, that "is what the Loop is", on to the next destination! Today, that is going to be our largest city in Canada (that we will travel through on the Loop) Kingston, Ontario!
Thanks for watching!
Cheers from the Loop,
Jennifer and Elliot
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🎥 Episode #293| Filmed on July 17th, 2022
🇺🇸 America's Great Loop | Georgina Island, Thousand Islands, Ontario
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Hi! We are high school sweethearts from Atlanta, Georgia who decided to take a year off to travel around the world. Together we decided to create vlogs for our journey as a fun way to remember it. On September 15, 2019, we left Atlanta with 3 bags, 2 one-way tickets, and 1 goal of traveling for a whole year. Little did we know, 6 months later we would find ourselves in a nationwide lockdown in India. After spending 5 months in India, we came back to the United States and decided to purchase a 34’ Trawler, dive headfirst into boat life, and kick-off America’s Great Loop.
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[@SchoandJo]

Thank you for watching! This video was filmed on July 18th. Find out how much the Great Loop Costs: schoandjo.com/great-loop-expenses/ Want to keep up with us in real-time? Sign up for our weekly email to be filled in our current cruising plans and adventures. schoandjo.com/sunday-summary Do you have recommendations for future stops along America’s Great Loop? Please share them with us here! bit.ly/great-loop-recommendations

[@oldhobo5610]

Our plan for 2023 is the 1000 Islands and Rideau. Thanks for the preview of Oswego, Erie, and Hudson...maybe 2024.

[@bighand1530]

@@oldhobo5610 66 days left till 2024.

[@Lostinsaidsauce]

You guys are champs thank you for the energy. 💕

[@staycool123]

It's great for us, as Canadians, to see you discovering and enjoying the waters we know and love. It was great to meet you and we will follow along as you explore more of Canada and the Great Loop... from the crew on Stay Cool 😎

[@SchoandJo]

How could we not, its amazing up there 😁 Cheers y'all!

[@tmac709]

Hey....nice meeting you two here.🤠

[@alisonnewall1748]

Love confederation basin. The perfect base for exploring Kingston.

[@SchoandJo]

Absolutely!

[@suzanneaydelotte801]

Kingston looked like really fun city! Really enjoyed watching and seeing your excitement! Sorry your boat was hit. I hope there wasn’t any damage! Keep traveling safe❣️

[@SchoandJo]

No damage, all went well! Thanks for watching Suzanne!

[@The442nd]

Cold immersion is said to be very good for you

[@SchoandJo]

It's definitely good for staying awake lol

[@michaelhensley4102]

Love your videos, they are really professional looking. I have watched every video since you got the boat and can see the improvements you have made. All that is to say thank you for another truly great video.

[@SchoandJo]

As always, thanks Michael!

[@pamlatimer4950]

We always stayed on Georgian or Constantine Island every weekend on our boat. I live in the Thousand Islands and it is a treasure. Boaters in the area are lovingly called River Rats as our life revolves around the islands. Rapids under the Thousand Island bridge are very strong.

[@SchoandJo]

Its such a beautiful area... Thats our first time hearing the term "river rats" cool!

[@bighand1530]

I wouldn’t mind living there. Nice water view and all.

[@timharrison9060]

can always tell when Jen starts the engine, even without nail polish...wink,wink.... stay safe, Tim and Cat

[@Bubba-tx1vx]

Hey Jen does an expert style Ollie paddle 😎

[@AdventuresofAplusK]

We are sooo loving experiencing Canada with y'all! The happiness you have being there is contagious!

[@SchoandJo]

😁😁 thanks y'all!!

[@jamieelliott2260]

Dave and Lisa are great people!!!

[@SchoandJo]

Absolutely!! 😁

[@moutushimajid9688]

This is AMAHZING❤

[@bighand1530]

Agreed

[@kimroos3008]

Fun to watch you tour my city ☺

[@SchoandJo]

Cheers - thanks for watching Kim!

[@emilywood-quinn4497]

The small red ferry and the white ferry’s are the Howe island ferries !!

[@SchoandJo]

Cool, thanks for the info!

[@grizzle251]

HA! Timing is everything, I am the first to see this video and comment. I enjoy watcvhing real people on a real adventure. Thank you and I hope thatwhat ever fills your heart with happiness and joy is very abundunt for you 3 this holiday season.

[@SchoandJo]

haha thanks so much Barry! We hope you have a holiday season filled with Joy as well ♥️

[@EdEdelenbos]

As I sit thinking about my boat up on blocks and projects I need to do before spring, your videos are a welcome diversion. I look forward to them.

[@SchoandJo]

haha us too... anything is ahead of big boat projects 😂

[@grizzle251]

You are living the dream

[@SchoandJo]

♥️

[@teddguiacusco]

Amazing experience !! I hope you are doing great, is exciting to see you videos travelling everywhere.

[@SchoandJo]

Yo Bro! Thanks! Hope all is going well with the Pizza Shop and the hikes. Cheers!

[@cmichaelhaugh8517]

Our daughter went to college and lives in Kingston. We used to sail out of there down to the Thousand Islands. Wonderful town!

[@SchoandJo]

Oh nice! We'd love to come back!

[@oldhobo5610]

It has been really great to find you a couple months ago and follow your time on Pivot. Very watchable, fun and informative. We trailered the Erie Hobo to Trentport marina on 18JUL and entered the waterway the next day! 1st nite Frankford Lock6.

[@SchoandJo]

Wow, sounds like you may have been just a few days ahead of us! We got to Lock One on the 20th! Cheers!

[@rl8992]

Nice video and glad you enjoyed our play ground, Kingston is our home port, we boat the Islands all the time.

[@SchoandJo]

Super cool!

[@karaDee2363]

Kingston and the thousand Islands looks like a great place to visit, maybe someday I'll get to see it.... And really enjoyed this video, looks like you both had fun.... Hope your boat wasn't damaged from getting hit....

[@SchoandJo]

No damage, just a bit of excitement. Thanks Karen!

[@buckpowers4837]

That's the way to see Kingston. Take your time and try and hit all the highlights. Your cruising is good so far just watch for rocks . Food looks wonderful and y'all are enjoying it the right way.

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks Buck!

[@mobiletinyhousetravels]

Hey, Guys! We just found your videos a week ago. Been binge watching... Right now we are RVing and plan to continue for another year before setting out to do The Great Loop. We had been talking about it but your videos have sealed the deal for us. Thanks for your inspiration. We'll be watching... If you come through Carrabelle, Fl (last safe harbor before crossing the gulf to Tarpon Springs), give us a nudge. We'll still show you the best eateries. And we've made the crossing between Carrabelle and Tarpon Springs in a 31' sloop. Safe travels!

[@SchoandJo]

Thats really fantastic to hear - thanks for the invitation!!

[@countryboundgirl7424]

I’m from Kingston Ontario , now I live by thousand islands . The thousand islands is beautiful scenery

[@SchoandJo]

Absolutely!

[@phlgriffin]

Again, thank you for the video. As a little kid I remember my grandparents & parents taking taking the boat from Beadle Point (between Clayton & Cape Vincent) to Gananoque for dinner. I can't believe all the windmills on Wolf Island! I sorry, but, they just destory the scenerly, again, from a 70 year old point of view. My brother & I had a dingy sailboat and sail around Wolf Island on time, we got it big trouble, we didn't know our grandparents we watching with binoacles and couldn't see us for hours. As you may know, the river can kick with a bit of wind and get to 2-3 ft swells.

[@SchoandJo]

haha sounds like a great childhood!

[@ampegor]

We were in Kingston second weekend in July for a wedding. We took 4 days and explored the city. So much history and fun. And we only live a 6 hour drive away. Can’t wait to see you reactions to Georgian bay and north channel our cruising grounds. So glad you enjoyed your time in our country.

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks Andy! We could have spent much much more time in Kingston!

[@DrunkenJoe]

Crazy that I came across this video. I grew up in the thousand islands and spend all of my summers on the St. Lawrence River. I moved to kingston for work in my 20s and when I saved up enough for a house, I knew it needed to be along the ST. Lawrence. You guys would have passed by as Georgina Island is a "stones throw" from my house

[@SchoandJo]

What a fun story, and a great place for a house! Beautiful area!

[@alisonnewall1748]

You need a spicy green bean or celery with that caesar

[@SchoandJo]

Haha next time... loved our Caesars while we were in Canada!

[@bronzebackbrownies]

Seems like every year sombody runs over that cable for the ferry. Sweet video!!

[@SchoandJo]

I don't doubt it! A bit confusing when you see it for the first time 😁

[@CAPTJohn47]

I just watched this episode. Not sure how I'd missed it before, but I laughed at your AGLCA burgee. It looks so "untattered" compared to when you entered the mooring field in Chicago!

[@SchoandJo]

Haha it is crazy! It's our "Looper Cred" !

[@MrSalmonDaze]

Looking forward to see what you think of the North Channel. For us, Thousands Islands is far too crowded.

[@SchoandJo]

😁😁😁 can't wait to edit those videos!

[@scottivanoff3332]

That beer is for hang over so go have lot of beer then when you get up drunk on of those and then you well be fine but you about a six pack lol great video

[@SchoandJo]

haha right on!

[@andyboleszczuk4849]

I've really enjoyed watching your Great Loop adventures. It's such a coincidence that yours', on "pivot" and the Canadian couple on "Stay Cool" are the two Great loop cruisers that I follow and They say that they met up with you along the journey! How cool is that!?

[@SchoandJo]

It was "cool" 😁😁 They were super friendly. I hope we get the chance to cruise with them a bit in the future if we catch up!

[@staycool123]

@@SchoandJo That would be cool indeed eh?!😎

[@SchoandJo]

eh!!

[@pamlatimer4950]

That is the Ferry to Howe Island. It is a cable ferry on the Gananoque end. There is a bigger ferry toward Kingston which was by my cottage.

[@SchoandJo]

Oh cool - thanks for sharing Pam!

[@billjeffery2419]

CANADA EH😀

[@SchoandJo]

EH!

[@sobiecki]

We got hit twice by sailboats on our Loop. Both times we were in slips at St. Augustine and Little Current.

[@SchoandJo]

It can happen to anyone! Hopefully you didn't have any damage like this time 😁

[@robmills7453]

that thar is our backyard :) . At 6:48 you passed our yacht club (Trident).

[@SchoandJo]

Super cool!

[@The442nd]

"narrow" "narrow" "narrow" water way? can a 26' wide (beam) catamaran make it through?

[@SchoandJo]

I think so... I can't remember any of the cruises from today that a catamaran wouldn't fit - but some of the really narrow sections all could be accessed by going around the specific area! So no worries with the cat!

[@The442nd]

@@SchoandJo Thank you. You guys are so helpful

[@spinpop01]

Thought you were vegetarians. Clamato has Clam Juice in it.

[@SchoandJo]

Yes we did know that Clamato has Clam Juice, thanks! We do consider ourselves vegetarian however sometimes we flex when the situation arises.

[@The442nd]

You guys don't eat any "meat" products huh?

[@ADayInTheLifeOfAnADHDer]

I've heard of bumper cars, but this is my 1st bumper boating experience!!!! 🛥️

[@SchoandJo]

hehe bumper boats is definitely a thing! doesn't happen often but happens more often in marinas + wind 😁