We took our time this morning to enjoy our tea and breakfast before heading onto\u00a0our next stop.\u00a0 Listening to the weather forecast with winds 5 knots out of the west was a pleasant welcoming first thing in the morning.\u00a0 Scott plotted our path to our next destination where there seemed to be a lot of small islands but deep water.\u00a0 We are a little shy these days about getting into small close quarters with these North Channel straits close to land.<\/p>\n
With the sun shining and temps hovering around 33 C, that’s 90 or so for our neighbours to the south, we headed out of Humdrum, er Meldrum Bay, to Drummond Island.\u00a0 Our first American stop on the journey thus far.\u00a0 We cruised in Potaganissing Bay where there is a well marked channel with\u00a0lots of shoals on the other sides of the markers.\u00a0 Scott planned a surprise for Aiden showing him LaPointe Island.\u00a0 Lots of pictures were taken.\u00a0 It is a meandering cruise around several islands, some inhabited and some not.\u00a0 Lots of fishermen out with all those shoals.\u00a0 Rich, you would love all this fishing!<\/p>\n
We need some supplies, a top up of fuel, laundry done and a good swim after the 1 hour cruise in this heat.\u00a0 We stopped at Drummond Island Yacht Haven.\u00a0 We are the small boat here.\u00a0 Lots of 60 and 70 ftrs to drool over.\u00a0 After gassing up and settling in our slip for the night we dropped Low Voltage and headed over to a small cove where the water was warm and we could swim awhile.\u00a0 Scott and Aiden headed out on a hike on Harbor Island Wildlife Reserve to find thousands of frogs, monarch butterflies, black snakes and giant dandelions….and some crazy local folks.\u00a0 Pellet gun in hand and the 12 year old girl jumping around in an infused stupor\u00a0shooting at a black snake in the water, coming close to the dingy with shots and her own dogs. Parents didn’t seem to mind and seemed to enjoy the sight.\u00a0 I managed to get the laundry done but no groceries here.\u00a0 You can rent a car for $12.00 but we won’t need grocery supplies for a couple days so we passed.\u00a0 The marina doesn’t even have simple supplies like bread and milk.<\/p>\n
Getting back from the dingy cruise we had what remains of our “Fish Store” find from Little Current.\u00a0 Salmon and rainbow trout were on the menu.\u00a0 After spending so much time in the sun today we are all a little tired.\u00a0\u00a0We did find out that we are on the fringe of the EST time zone.\u00a0 So in a couple days we will lose an hour as we pass into CST.\u00a0 We are going to enjoy this last bit of dusk at 9:30-10:00 even if it means we have to stay up to do so.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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