Thursday August 24: Port Severn!

Wednesday on our dock at Beausoleil was more of the same. Lots of wind, on and off rain. So much wind blown water that the fixed part of the dock in front of us was under water.

Near as we can tell, the water in Georgian Bay is a foot or two above normal and the wind blowing more water our way didn't help any!

We were still at Tonch Point East – which apparently is a popular spot for the group camping. The first day is was a group of 6 to 8 year old boys and girls.

I have to say you couldn't pay me enough to be a camp counselor under these conditions (or any for that matter :-) ) but the kids were having a ball!

One of the girls caught a frog near the dock and was happy to show it off for Steve. I mostly felt sorry for the frog but they were handling it very carefully so I'm sure it was a happy ending for all concerned.

Steve was off again for a hike around the island in-between the rains. The best discovery was the location of a hemlock forest – who knew?!

But it was a very nice combination of hike/bike around to the west side of the island. How bad were the waves really? Were we foolish to stay again and not venture out? I mean the weather reports are very often misleading.

We decided that staying was definitely the way to go.

It's hard not to notice how much the trees lean away from the prevailing westerly winds – a very typical picture/painting of Georgian Bay.

Finally today it seemed the winds had died down but it still was not the day I expected to see. Heavy clouds and more wind than we wanted.

Decision: needed to go back to Honey Harbor, have breakfast and check the internet weather again.

Breakfast was good, library was closed - but the day was shaping up to be a good one.

Fueled up at Picnic Island and headed out onto the bay with a destination of Port Severn.

By the time we arrived, the day was blue skies with puffy white clouds -)

Good place to be for a couple of days.

We'll make our way back to Orillia - there are a number of places we've been wanting to try for anchorages. Maybe more fishing opportunities for Steve :-)