Wednesday July 24: Little Current - North Channel

The morning we left the anchorage at McGregor was so calm and quiet. We did have a boat join us (far right) for the night. As we were leaving, he stopped by in his dinghy - nice guy. Indicated he's been coming to this little bay for the last 20 years

Steve didn't fish but I'm sure there were still some bass or muskie down there with his name on it!

Of course the line on the tree needed untied (by kayak) and then both front anchors needed raised and put away so there was work to be done just getting away and headed back to the channel. Steve always does a great job though :-)

At cruising speed of 18 mph (once we had cleared all of the rock islands) it was a short 1 hour until we spotted the lighthouse marking the entrance to Little Current.

The winds were strong from the East (which is unusual up here) and we were traveling south so moving along at speed was the best way to keep the broadside waves from making the travel miserable.

We are now truly in the North Channel as Little Current is the ONLY water passage for cruisers traveling from Georgian Bay to the North Channel of Lake Huron. For more info, click here.

I'm not quite sure why it's called LITTLE current though because yesterday the current was really ripping through here. The winds were from the west at 20 mph gusting to 30 mph and the water was crazy moving east past the marina at which we are staying. So much so that there were white caps!

It's a very nice town though and has everything we might need. Steve found a fish store so salmon was on the list for dinner last night.

I managed to get a hair cut - definitely due. Of course this from the lady that cut it WAY short 3 years ago. Seemed that she would talk and snip, talk and snip - next thing you knew my hair was definitely too short.

As luck would have it, I was able to just walk in. Bad thing was that there was no one waiting to be after me! So it was talk and snip, talk and snip all over again. I kept working to get her to quit cutting and finally somewhat managed to escape with a decent haircut :-)

Of course you won't see my picture on the blog for several weeks .....

We heard from Peter and Cheryl today (Surona/Deja Vu). They are in Perry Sound - part way up Georgian Bay and are headed our way!

It'll be fun to travel with them as we finish up touring the North Channel before turning around and heading back toward the Trent.

The red line at right give you some idea of where we'll be - mostly hanging around islands somewhere :-)