Finally after 4 days of not seeing the sun, the clouds cleared this afternoon on our way to Blind River. Two of the cloudy/rainy/stormy days were spent at the marina in Spanish. But these are the times that Steve spends working - this time on sanding and refinishing more of the cabin floor.
We apparently timed our Friday departure from
Croker Island well as we ate breakfast with a couple (Peter and Cheryl) who had spent Friday night at
Croker - along with 22 other boats. All was fine until the storm rolled in and the wind strengthened and changed directions - which means the boats all start swinging around with some dragging anchor as most anchor with only a front anchor. Peter said their boat ended up banging on the rocks for about 15 minutes until the wind died again. It was just the keel as they have a 6 foot draft. Sometimes it pays to have a 3 1/2 draft boat! And it definitely pays to be tied to a dock sometimes! Peter and Cheryl are headed to Chicago and Florida also.
Anyway, after we left Spanish yesterday we ended up anchoring at Long Point. It was supposed to clear off and be nice. Right. So we spent another cloudy day waiting for the sun.
It never did come out even by noon today so finally we decided to kayak anyway - which worked out great as the water was very calm and it was easy to see the bottom. The kayak route is in orange below. Click on the picture to make it bigger!
We pulled up anchor at 2 pm today and no sooner were out on the channel than the sun came out! But it was a wonderful ride over some of the most open water we've been on in quite a while.
After 2 1/2 months boating on Canadian waters, we will spend the last night anchored tomorrow and return to the US at
Drummond Island on Wednesday. We will definitely miss the islands and wonderful views of Georgian Bay and the North Channel that we've had since leaving the Trent over 400 miles ago. There are a few islands on Lake Michigan but nothing close to what is up here.
We apparently timed our Friday departure from Croker Island well as we ate breakfast with a couple (Peter and Cheryl) who had spent Friday night at Croker - along with 22 other boats. All was fine until the storm rolled in and the wind strengthened and changed directions - which means the boats all start swinging around with some dragging anchor as most anchor with only a front anchor. Peter said their boat ended up banging on the rocks for about 15 minutes until the wind died again. It was just the keel as they have a 6 foot draft. Sometimes it pays to have a 3 1/2 draft boat! And it definitely pays to be tied to a dock sometimes! Peter and Cheryl are headed to Chicago and Florida also.
Anyway, after we left Spanish yesterday we ended up anchoring at Long Point. It was supposed to clear off and be nice. Right. So we spent another cloudy day waiting for the sun.
It never did come out even by noon today so finally we decided to kayak anyway - which worked out great as the water was very calm and it was easy to see the bottom. The kayak route is in orange below. Click on the picture to make it bigger!
We pulled up anchor at 2 pm today and no sooner were out on the channel than the sun came out! But it was a wonderful ride over some of the most open water we've been on in quite a while.
After 2 1/2 months boating on Canadian waters, we will spend the last night anchored tomorrow and return to the US at Drummond Island on Wednesday. We will definitely miss the islands and wonderful views of Georgian Bay and the North Channel that we've had since leaving the Trent over 400 miles ago. There are a few islands on Lake Michigan but nothing close to what is up here.
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