Day 8. 2nd year. May 28. On to Camelot and MacDonald Islands. Miles. 8.9 Total. 2893

Two boats joined our merry group at the dock at this beautiful location. We enjoyed meeting Patrick and Bella and Patrick and Anna. We wish you many and safe travels. Thanks also for sharing your pets so we could get our dog fix!

After a few chores and chatting with the other boaters, we left Mulcaster Island on a gorgeous sunny day.

Headed to the Lake Fleet Islands, these islands are names for sailing vessels important in Canadian history. The islands in this group are smaller and dotted with summer cottages.

Passing further south, we came to Camelot Island and moored at one of their buoys. The island was recommended by many boaters and the PARC Canada staff.

Bill was in his glory with lots of rocks to climb on. The island is varied in elevation and we had many stairs and steep rock climbs as we walked the paths on the island. The elevation afforded us great views of the surrounding waters and islands.

Couldn’t pass up sitting in the ever present red Adirondack chairs on the island! We see these red chairs behind many a summer cottage.

As we could not run the generator on Camelot Island, we then left the mooring and headed a bit further to the dock on MacDonald Island. We needed to recharge our batteries a bit tonight. The docks here were filled with locals enjoying this wonderful weather.

After visiting with the other boaters, we enjoyed a walk around the island. Compared to Camelot, MacDonald had relatively level ground with dense forests and many very big old trees- oaks, maples, and birches. MacDonald also had cabins which could be rented.

This last tree had such character and provided homes for so many animals in the forest. We couldn't resist taking a. picture of it.

Another full day full of adventure!

June 4-5. Day 63-64. On to Cape May New Jersey. 53.4nm. Total 1534 miles.

Left Delaware City at 5:35am to be able to take advantage of the strong currents going with us while traversing Delaware River and Delaware Bay. The Delaware River goes south about 15 miles and flows into the Delaware Bay. As we travel south, New Jersey is to the east and Delaware is to our west. We are traveling just outside the shipping channel and are really moving at 10.9 knots. That is three knots faster than we normally travel, as the outgoing tides are pushing us along. Nice to have Mother Nature helps us save on fuel. The Delaware River is about 8 miles wide so there is plenty of room for the freighters and the pleasure boats. So far, we have not encountered any commercial traffic, but there is a large freighter behind us that will eventually pass us as they travel at 14 knots. The Delaware Bay proper varies from 23-29 miles wide and 26 miles long. There are five lighthouses on the Delaware marking the shipping channel. We went by Ship J...

Reflections on the Bahamas

Reflections on the Bahamas Over the past 10 weeks, we have traveled through Abaco, Eleuthera and Exuma Islands and enjoyed the hospitality of the Bahamian people. We have learned all about the islands, its unique geography - limestone, caves, blue holes and chalk cliffs; and colorful history-pirates and rum running, salt ponds and cotton plantations, boat building and wrecking/salvage. Traveling over 1300 miles through narrow cuts and wide bays to vast depths of ocean, we negotiated the islands and found safe harbors, calm coves for anchoring, bays filled with moorings and marinas large and small. This trip required us to pay close attention to the weather, the tides and currents as we traveled between and through the islands. The Bahamian people are warm and friendly, willing to give us rides, advice and directions, as well as some secret recipes!! We enjoyed hiking trails, walking the beaches, snorkeling the coral rocks and reefs, discovering ruins and ol...

Day 98. 2nd year. August 27. On to Manistee. Miles 25 Total miles. 3910.

We weighed anchor on a sunny 50 degree morning. So we put on our sweatshirts and drove from below as we left Frankfort. Going through Frankfort’s channel and breakwater we encountered a few intrepid fisherman and further along as we cleared the breakwater there must have been over a hundred fishing boats. Almost like playing bumper cars, but with boats. Had to negotiate a path between them as the fishing boats were all trolling fishing lines behind them. We were still seeing fishermen 4 miles south of Frankfort. These guys sure take their fishing tournaments seriously! The shoreline that we pass heading south are still sand dunes bluffs some as tall as 200 feet. As we travel, we pass the small town of Arcadia and Portage Lake, each situated on an inland lake which is connected to Lake Michigan by a dredged channel. Interesting to note that the dredged channels were originally small rivers connecting the inland lakes to Lake Michigan. As we passe...

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