Sunday July 24: Thessalon - Last Stop in Ontario

As we left Spanish, we weren't really sure where we would end up.

The winds were from the west/southwest so the anchorage needed to be protected from those directions (and that is of course assuming the winds didn't decide to change from predicted!)

After taking a look at John Harbor and Beardrop Harbor, we decided on Long Point. It was a little farther but that just made it a shorter day on Sunday.

The view from google earth shows what a great place this was going to be! As long as everyone else didn't decide the same thing :-) It was Saturday night after all.

Google earth really doesn't show the beauty of the area though.

At right is the view just as we approached the hard right turn into the anchorage.

Once in, we were all set! Only one other trawler and 4 sailboats.

The mosquitoes come early up here so it was time to put the screens in. Ooops - we forgot the visitor on the boat at Spanish - a raccoon (we think). It was probably about midnight and we both woke up to some noise on the side of the boat away from the dock.

Noises at night are not unusual - sometimes a line squeaking or bumper rubbing but this was weird in that it was coming from the side of boat NOT tied to the dock. Steve checked it out - didn't see anything and we tried to go back to sleep - except mosquitoes were getting in somehow.

It was another check of the boat that Steve found the problem: the screen was torn up from whatever it was that wanted in! So duct tape to the rescue for the screen until more permanent repairs can be made :-)

Anyway, it was a nice evening - we even dinghied over to the neighboring trawler for a get together with them and two sailboat couples.

It's interesting to meet new people sometimes ...


When we left in the morning at 6 am, it was cloudy and cool. The early start was to get to Blind River before the rains and predicted higher winds came in.

Strangely though the winds were from the east (unusual up here) and because we were headed west, the travel was in following seas.

Made for easy travel and the higher winds made for more push from behind!

Might as well continue another 30 miles past Blind River and go on to Thessalon!

So we are now just a short 20 miles almost due north of the entrance to the DeTour Passage which will take us to Lake Michigan.

Tomorrow then, unless we have strong west winds (which would be broadside and miserable) we should be back to the US!