Friday August 17: Soggy and Wind Blown in Port Severn

Wednesday morning at anchor in Port Rawson Bay was incredible. Not a ripple on the water. It had been a very quiet night but sadly no meteor shower for us. I may have to check out when the next one is due as it seemed like there were more meteor showers than I ever knew even came around.

There was only one other boat in sight of us. We'll be back to this place for sure!

Wednesday night was spent back at Frying Pan Bay. Once again we were able to just tie to one of the docks rather than anchoring. It's nice to be able to be on shore - Steve takes advantage of the trails around the island. There is a very nice circle path around a small lake - lots of climbing around on the granite rocks.

Thursday morning we were in search of breakfast out at Honey Harbor. We knew there was a nice little cafe just up the street from the public docks - as long it was still there. The last time we were in this area was 2 years ago on the trawler as we made our way around the loop. Success! It was still there :-)  Steve supplied up at the small store while I made a stop at the library which is right next to the town docks. Fueled up at Picnic Island (gas up here is crazy expensive: $5.15 a gallon yesterday but we've paid as high as $5.55 a gallon!) and then headed on to Port Severn.

Pleasant enough travel day - the winds were due in Thursday night along with thunderstorms so Port Severn was the perfect place to be. Steve enjoys riding on the front of the boat but in this boat his feet hang in the water! Much different than riding on the front of the trawler :-)

Finally I was able to rent "The Iron Lady" which I've been wanting to see since it first came out. There is a video rental place here in Port Severn so the plan for the night was a movie. Steve found a very comfortable movie viewing seat in his fold up chair - perfect! Plus it even has a drink holder :-)

The movie was good - not what I expected though. Guess I thought it was a documentary about her life as Prime Minister. Regardless, Meryl Streep was really good in the role. Maybe I'll have to find a book that give more history about her 11 years in office.

The wind and rain did indeed show up as promised. The first clue was when the aft door blew shut in the middle of the night. Sure glad I didn't have my fingers in that door! (I sometimes grab the opening for leverage :-))

Today we start back on the Trent - headed toward Orillia. The weather is windy all week - in hindsight we had an excellent weather week on Georgian Bay. Very little wind and relatively nice days and nights. Will be back online in a few days!