No disasters nor close calls. Sheer fun.
Yesterday was a fun filled day with two extraordinary friends. Natalie and Jim Moir joined us for a boat ride through the last lock and out across Waubusheene Bay to Midland and back, then up the lock again to the end of the Port Severn Waterway System. Jim is an excellent boat handler and I got to see more while he drove. There was a dram of the Highland Park at the end of the day. It was a perfect day. Hard to describe it any other way. We stayed the night in splendor at the hotel.
This morning it was very sad to say good by, but off we went down the last lock one last time and out into Georgian Bay. Never, have I seen such a treacherous waterway. We very, very carefully follow the buoys as granite mounds are everywhere
. Some are visible others show up as unusual whitecaps just inches below the surface of the very clear water. The channel is incredibly torturous . In the open water the waves were large and choppy,often coming over the bow. Thousands of rocky islands dot the Bay. Almost every one has a small cottage that takes up 80% of the land mass. All were boarded upp. The heater was on the whole trip. It was adventure in a pure form.
Tonight we are safely anchored in minute Echo Bay not far from Parry Sound.
Love to all
M&B
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