Every time we think we must have found the most georgeous place in this area, we find an even better one. Pictures simply don't do justice to the beauty of this area! We have traveled almost 100 miles since leaving Byng Inlet Monday morning and arrived at Killarney this morning. We are now offically in the North Channel!
Anchoring out is the only way to travel up here as the towns are now getting quite far apart. We were fortunate to find some really great ones. Below is the view behind the boat of our anchorage at Major Island.
We were tucked into a nice little niche in the rocks as it was quite windy again - and we held very well. Maybe it was partly due to the log which the anchor was hooked on which came up when we raised the anchor. Hey - whatever works!
Steve was bent on pursuing the bumblebee that got stuck behind the washer - it ended up in the bilge - not sure if it ever made it out or not but we don't hear it buzzing at least. But the washing machine had to be pulled out - which is a whole process!
Tuesday we moved on (in the rain of course) to the Bustard Islands - one of the most popular anchorages in this area. Quite large and very well protected. I felt a need to take a chart and GPS when we went kayaking just in case we got lost! There are that many little twists and turns and islands that it really could be difficult to get back to where we started. Never did clear up - in fact we hadn't really seen the sun much since leaving Parry Sound 5 days ago.
Wednesday we were on the move early as it was predicted to be windy again. This time to Mill Lake and the best anchorage yet (Steve's pick this time).
Glacial grooves in this area are quite common (Steve is kayaking past one) as all of this area was formed when the glaciers pulled back after forming the Great Lakes. Some of the rocks on the north shore are over 3 BILLION years old (according to the guidebook). Also spotted visiting our ancorage was a double dinghy!! (One of the restaurants in Seattle served chowder as double, triple or quadruple dinghys.)
After a short run over open water (again windy) we arrived at Killarney. First order of business was to have fish and chips for lunch at the chip truck that has been a part of Killarney forever.
Then a bike ride to the lighthouse for a view of the opening of the Killarney Channel. Sometimes it's good to be tied to a dock. The winds here at the boat are 23 mph with gusts of 32 mph! I think we'll stay another day as the winds will continue for at least that long.
More tomorrow :-)
We were tucked into a nice little niche in the rocks as it was quite windy again - and we held very well. Maybe it was partly due to the log which the anchor was hooked on which came up when we raised the anchor. Hey - whatever works!
Steve was bent on pursuing the bumblebee that got stuck behind the washer - it ended up in the bilge - not sure if it ever made it out or not but we don't hear it buzzing at least. But the washing machine had to be pulled out - which is a whole process!
Tuesday we moved on (in the rain of course) to the Bustard Islands - one of the most popular anchorages in this area. Quite large and very well protected. I felt a need to take a chart and GPS when we went kayaking just in case we got lost! There are that many little twists and turns and islands that it really could be difficult to get back to where we started. Never did clear up - in fact we hadn't really seen the sun much since leaving Parry Sound 5 days ago.
Wednesday we were on the move early as it was predicted to be windy again. This time to Mill Lake and the best anchorage yet (Steve's pick this time).
Glacial grooves in this area are quite common (Steve is kayaking past one) as all of this area was formed when the glaciers pulled back after forming the Great Lakes. Some of the rocks on the north shore are over 3 BILLION years old (according to the guidebook). Also spotted visiting our ancorage was a double dinghy!! (One of the restaurants in Seattle served chowder as double, triple or quadruple dinghys.)
After a short run over open water (again windy) we arrived at Killarney. First order of business was to have fish and chips for lunch at the chip truck that has been a part of Killarney forever.
Then a bike ride to the lighthouse for a view of the opening of the Killarney Channel. Sometimes it's good to be tied to a dock. The winds here at the boat are 23 mph with gusts of 32 mph! I think we'll stay another day as the winds will continue for at least that long.
More tomorrow :-)
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