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Spanish heading towards Drummond

We stayed for two nights at Spanish and had a heck of a rainstorm last night. Kurt and His mom Pat stayed at marina also and invited us for dinner aboard their boat. Kurt is a great cook(stir fry) and it was good. With his knowledge of Lake Michigan we have planned our trip south. We are going to cruise the Eastern shore of Lake Michigan and take the ferry  SS Badger to Manatowic on the Wisconsin side. This ferry is a coal fired ferry and should be a nice trip. We will visit Debbie and Phil on that side. 

Well we are sad to be leaving the Georgian Bay and North Channel, but there is always next year. 

We will probably anchor somewhere tonight before Drummond.

Until next post.

Safe Travels:)

Spanish Ontario (HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANK)

Today is ALan's Dad's 91st birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANK!!!!!

We are at the Spanish Municpal marina in the North CHannel and here  for two nights to reorganize the boat and load up on some groceries. We walked into town this morning and went to the only grocery store they had. Today was a civic holiday for Canada so there wasn't much opened. Tomorrow we will wash her down and try to get the boat ship shape again. We will anchor out after this and get ready for the crossing over to Drummond Island where we will check into the US Customs and we  will be in Michigan. This will probably be towards the end of the week or early next week. We will want to make that crossing when the seas are VERY calm.

Oak Bay off Perch Bay anchored

Well we cruised around trying to decide where we wanted to thrown the hook. Today was a real gunk-holing day. We first stopped at Hotham Island and dropped the hook for some lunch. After a sandwich and a little rest we headed for Oak Bay. Found the spot between some rocks and away from the main anchorage. A good mud bottom we set out bow and stern anchors and watched a movie on the laptop I had downloaded from I-Tunes. Life is Good.

So Benjamin Island 1 night anchored

Found a spot that was just for us. Our own private cove with cliffs above us and a view that was incredible at our front door. Was a little crazy at first because it turned out our front anchor was dragging so the boat was inching towards shore. ALan had gone off kayaking, but LUCKILY  came back in  time to see me trying to push the stern away from the rocks. He got the stern anchor and we reset the bow anchor . This was another comical routine that should have been filmed for America's funniest videos, but it wasn't. We finally got everything squared and the anchors were holding. We breathed a sigh of relief and looked at each other and said"Are we having fun yet?"

Of course we are. We WANTED adventure!

Croker Island- WELCOME HOME MOM

We arrived at Croker Island and picked our very special, almost private spot to be anchored for two nights. it was a nice spot and only one sailboat a little ways from us, because we can anchor in shallow water. the blueberries were scare and picked over. we did manage to get a few to throw into the pancakes the next morning. pulled up anchor on the 2nd Saturday morning and headed for South Benjamin Island. 

FRIDAY was a great day.MY MOM went home from the rehab center. She is progressing very well and glad to be home.

Gore Bay

C-Dory at the same marina we were at. Leslie and Eric recently purchased their C-Dory and were doing some shakedown cruising. They are from Michigan and are up here enjoying the scenery.



This was another very interesting boat from Ohio. The captain gave us a tour and I regret that we didn't get their names.


We stayed the night at Gore Bay Municipal marina and stocked up on groceries and did the laundry. We were suppose to have bad weather, but we never saw it. We are heading out this morning to the Benjamin Islands to gunkhole and chill out.

The blueberry picking is suppose to be fantasic here. We will see if we have blueberry pancakes in the morning.