Great Loop: Thousand Islands – Alexandria Bay & Clayton

Days 172-177: July 8-13, 2023

Golfing

After spending two nights at the Thousand Island Club, it was time to head over to Clayton for a couple days. Mayli’s parents were visiting and let Boris and I borrow their car. So, we headed to the local golf course for a quick round. It was a pretty good time. It had been a long time since I swung a club.

Clayton

Clayton was a busy little town that had many cool things to see. When we arrived, the Saga crew met up with Mayli’s parents to spend time with them so Steve, Barbara, and us set out to get a bite to eat and ended up sidetracked at the Saint Lawrence Spirits Tasting room, which Steve really enjoyed, so Barbara bought him a beverage souvenir.

After that, we found ourselves at the Coyote Moon Winery tasting room. There we met Mac. She is definitely a fun character. Great conversation ensued along with some pretty tasty samples. The wine was a bit on the sweet side so Tonia and Barbara definitely approved, though we both found a few bottles to take back.

We also found the long-anticipated River Rat Cheese, which lived up to the hype! We resupplied with cheese curds that could nearly rival Wisconsin, though not quite as squeaky. 😉

Mac was great fun for our spontaneous wine tasting!

We got a nice sunset walk in through town all the way to the Antique Boat Museum, which has the Boldt family’s 106′ houseboat La Duchesse. It was built in 1903, when Mrs. Boldt was still alive, and was donated by the last owners to the museum.

Signs, signs, everywhere there’s signs!

However, these signs contributed nicely to the scenery and ambiance of the town.

Clayton was a fun town to walk around and take in the sights from all the signage to cool old houses and gargoyles to random other things along the way.

We even found a house sporting a Swedish flag so, of course, had to take a pic for our Swedish friends!

Once we were resupplied in Clayton, we hit up a couple nearby anchorages again.