Day 42-43. 2nd year. July 1 Canada Day. ON to Three Finger Bay miles 25. total 3358

This day started off foggy, but by mid morning most had cleared away and we had beautiful blue sky!!

We weighed anchor and headed for Three Finger Bay to anchor again. Our cruise alternated between winding through granite islands and the open water of Georgian Bay, til we turned east behind Frying Pan Island to slowly navigate the tight channels into Three Finger Bay.

Along the way we saw a bald eagle with eaglets in her nest, lots of Canadian flags,

lots of granite islands,

and a few more rock man statues.

We anchored with 5 cruisers, three of which were rafted together in this beautiful lake in the Masssasauga Provincial Park. Tall pine trees and a few deciduous trees line the shore and not a home in sight.

Massasauga Provincial Park has backcountry camping and rustic cabins, biking and hiking trails, canoes and kayaks, and rock climbing, as well as cross country skiing, skating, snow mobiles, sleds and tobaggans. This park also is a protected habitat for the Massasauga rattlesnake- a much smaller version of the ones we have in the US.

Kyle got a chance to relax a bit once we were settled at anchor.

After lunch, we launched the dinghy to explore the three arms of the lake. We discovered tall rock ledges, a boat dock with communal fire pit and several forested islands within the lake. We shared the lake with canoes, and kayaks and jet skis and boat dinghys. Other than the noise of the occasional seaplane overhead and motors of the jet skis/dinghys all we heard were birdsong.

Kyle brought us a drone fix, so here our some drone shots of Three Finger Bay.

Our sunset

July 2. On to Galbraith Bay. 17 miles. Total 3375

We left Three Finger Bay in mid morning.

Headed toward Midland

Passed more stone men

and lots of granite!

Also saw our third eagle on this trip and actually got a picture of him!!

We anchored in Galbraith Bay with On Business, Andy and Twyla

After we got settled and had lunch, we launched the dinghy to explore the two small islands that were part of PARC Canada. Bill is all excited as he can walk all over the rocks!

Of course, Bill got his rock climbing in and so did Kyle.

Then we created our own rock man. Please use your imagination!

Next Bill and Kyle tried a Canadian bath and Bill even got in!

They decided the water was cold!!

More drone pictures

and a beautiful sunset.

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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