May 26 - 28, 2012 Not only is their lots of interesting Canadian history in Kingston, but lots of our family history is here as well. A busy city with lots of traffic though.
Our friends John and Jen let us camp in their very large 2 acre park!
The Alexander Henry and the Kingston Maritime Museum were very interesting. The A.Henry is now a B&B, but we decided it was smelly and dirty and not for us! I'm sure they would provide clean sheets for those very uncomfortable looking beds though.
Part of the display at the Penitentiary Museum. A crossbow made of toothbrushes.
Another interesting prison invention - a toaster!
All types of prison manufactured weapons that were confiscated over the years in the Kingston Pen.
Masters of John and Jen's house!
Good friends and good hosts. We had a great time renewing our friendship.
Royal Military College of Kingston where John was head of the chemistry dept and prof before retirement.
The gates of Fort Henry. The musician is playing a fife. The soldiers carried heavy rifles from the 1850's and 1860's.
Grade 7's getting an education in soldiering of the 1800's. They stayed overnight and were expected to be from the 1800's. They apparently were to sleep on straw mattresses that night.
About to fire the cannon - and yes, it missed the guards who didn't flinch one bit.
After precision marching we were entertained with precision firing. The marching wasn't so precise and the soldiers were critisized on the parade square. They are University students who apply for these jobs and then wear these hot woolen uniforms and then are expected to be nice to the tourists. Not many of us here today, but lots of students. The current goat mascot is David the 10th.
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