Thursday morning we checked out a new
restaurant Steve discovered near Port Severn that we didn't know was
there. Also nearby was a library – sadly they were closed on
Thursdays but the wifi was still available so we were able to take
advantage of that to be online for a time.
There was a nice yellow Adirondack
chair available – perfect :-)
The lock at Port Severn is the smallest
on the system – thus the limiting factor for the length, width and
depth of any boat (84' x 23' x 6' concrete sill at the bottom of the
lock) which wishes to transit the system. As luck would have it
everyone was headed for Georgian Bay and I mean BIG boats. We were
fortunate and managed to squeeze in with one of the large boats
waiting and made it through the 3rd down lock of the day.
Our destination was Frying Pan Bay –
one of the Canadian National Parks. We ended up at a dock on the
southwest end of the bay. Perfect!!
Steve was off pretty quickly for a hike
around the area. First with information about the area and then with
the great views of Fairy Lake.
The mosquitoes and deer fly were pretty
wicked in the woods – but no black bears at least (occasionally
spotted on the island).
There was also a bit of history of
Frying Pan Bay. Made sense that this would be a place that the Native
Americans would have used as a gathering place. It's a perfect place
to weather most any kind of storm.
We (my parents in their boat and the
kids and us in our boat) made it this far north only one time in our
trips to Canada. Of course no boat docks at the time. But we pulled
the two boats up onto the rocks and spent the night in a very
protected bay. Definitely not the kind of boat traffic that frequents
this area these days!!
Picture of Guppy tied up nicely at the
dock.
Great sunset to end the day.
The solar panel continues to be a big
plus. It's 100 watts (6 amps) is enough to run the 110 fridge (thru
the inverter) most of the day as long as there is decent sun. The
generator takes up the slack.
Often it's a balancing act with the
generator though. With only 2000 watts, we can run the battery
charger OR the hot water heater OR the burners along with the fridge.
But it works well.
For a Saturday afternoon, Frying Pan
Bay really wasn't all that crowded …..
Sunday morning: time to move on –
destination: anchorage off of Twelve Mile Bay.
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