Saturday August, 19th: On to Parry Sound

We left Port Severn on the first of what would turn out to be almost 5 perfect days of weather. And this on Georgian Bay - which in our experience is extremely unusual. Typically the forecast is for "high wind warning" for both northern and southern Georgian Bay. Guess we got lucky this time around!

Our first anchorage was less than 20 miles from Port Severn - a place called Hockey Stick Bay (not the official name - just the name given to it by boaters!)

It's pretty easy from the aerial view how it got it's name. We were tucked back in just at the end of the bay - perfect! The only excitement was when our anchor chain decided to part ways with the anchor line - which was tied to the boat!

We quickly were blown toward four boats anchored and tied together behind us. It was a very fast - get the engines started and move back away. Turns out the u-bolt broke on the anchor chain. Fortunately we had a trip line tied to the anchor and Steve was able to us that line to pull the anchor back onto the boat - or it was going to be some diving in 14 feet of water to try to recover the anchor! Re-anchor -this time with Randy/Cindy anchoring also. Good for the night and no tangles in the morning.


Again on Monday the waters were so calm! Steve rode for a while on the front as the water is so clear and the rocks so near the surface, that it's fun to watch as we are in the channel and the rocks surprisingly close to us.

The destination was Twelve Mile Bay. We've anchored there numerous times but it is always a great place.

This time, while kayaking, Steve spotted a black bear walking along the rocks south of where we were anchored.

The rocks that are kind of fuzzy in the picture below? They are underwater :-)  No boating near the rocks!

This time we decided to put a rear anchor out so there would be no twisting of anchor lines. Worked great - Steve used his kayak to put a float on the line (so other boats would be aware of the anchor line).

And then the big boys came - three of them! Probably 55 or 60 feet. There was still plenty of room for the 15 boats in for the night. The kayaking was great again - and the weather holding so we decided to stay a second night.


Fun for the day? Trying out Peter's new 'lounge chair' - blow it up and good to go. Cindy looks pretty comfy ......

And another thing I can do with my new hands: clean fish :-)

Steve was happy!

Wednesday night was our final day out before heading on to Parry Sound to beat the rain and cool weather due in Thursday night.

Nice anchorage by Derbyshire Island. Again a  great place to kayak plus more fishing.

Anchoring out is so different up here than in Florida as the scenery is crazy nice. Granite, so many different colors and lots of trees. Just beautiful......

And so here we are in Parry Sound - for the third day! Lois went home, Sandra came for a couple of days, Randy and Cindy have gone home. Sounds like things are starting to wind down ......

I really should have been taking more pictures .... just having too much fun I guess.