Day 40-41. 2nd year. June 29-30. Midland and beyond. Mile 24. Total 3333

The one and a half hour trip to Toronto's Airport went well. We passed beautiful farmland and then the suburbs and industry of Toronto as we approached the airport. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and its financial center.

Found Kyle at the airport and headed back to the boat. Welcome to the boat Kyle!

It was such a nice afternoon that we decided to take off to find an anchorage not too far away.

So we left Midland BayPort Marina and we will see how far we get!

Well, we got to Indian Harbor, where we anchored before. Will be a great place to explore with Kyle in the dinghy tomorrow. But first Kyle had to be reintroduced to the boat- its electrical, water and plumbing systems. All necessary stuff to know if living on the boat.

After we got settled in, we had a late dinner and because it was a long day, especially for Kyle, we hit the sack.

June 30 Lay day in Midland

Woke to a lazy hazy day this morning. The haze should dissipate this morning. So after lunch we launched the dinghy to explore around Indian Harbor- its many rocky coves and islands.

We found many rocks to explore.

We also found a few more rock men.

This last one is hard to find, but he is there.

We returned to the boat and then Kyle had the chance to relax and boat watch.

I then worked on the blog, just for Charles!!!

Later on Kyle and Bill decided to take the Canadian plunge. Bill chickened out with only putting his feet in. Kyle jumped in and lasted about 10 seconds!

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...

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...

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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