Heading farther up the North Woods....life is good

Hello to all,

We are currently in a wonderful marina at the mouth of the Georgian bay. We arrived last Wednesday and just finished a rendezvous with all the other lucky folks doing the same "trip" as us. We have been so busy just taking things in and keeping the boat in the channel (many others have not been so lucky) that keeping the blog updated kept getting pushed to the right. However, here are some highlights.

• Ashton tries his first locking at the helm and pulls out a mooring position (big metal thing tow boats tie too)....pulled it out of the cement wall...bolts and all
• We gave this back to the lockmaster apologizing for breaking his wall.
• I was on the wall while Ashton was dancing around in the current.
  
• Cathy was providing moral support...
• There is now a blue streak on the front of my bow that will continue to remind us of all the great "blue lines" at the locks on the Trent Severn Canal
  
• We cross a VERY LARGE lake with 30 knots of wind on our port side...beam seas of 6 ft...we survive and actually break very little!
• Winds were supposed to be less...yes it was a weather forecast which we foolishly believed
• No, we are too stubborn to turn around
  
• Ashton and I continue to make great time and avoid large boat bills
• No bent props
• No bent struts
• No overheats
• Ashton, myself and a friend win the dingy poker race...came in last but we had the winning hand!
• We did not cheat...and our dinghy refused to plane with three people in it...they all had to wait and we still won!
  

Details: The above are highlights but in general, our trip has been blessed with very good weather and the scenery is absolutely wonderful. We will post some characteristic pictures as we have made our way to the end of the Trent Severn Waterway and are about to begin our trip along the north side of Lake Huron (actually call the Georgian Bay and North Channel). Tonight we went on a dinner cruise which cruised along our future route...we were absolutely awed by the vistas.
In any case, we continue to stay on schedule and will take the next 10 days to make our way across the top of the Great Lakes to finally enter the USA again near Mackinaw Michigan. Cathy, who has been working in D.C. during our time in Canada, will join us at that time and we will continue our trip down the east shore of Lake Michigan.



Tomorrow we head out into the 30,000 Islands which is listed as one of the best cruising grounds in the world. So, we have stocked the freezer and frig and will head out bright and early...Ashton time. Wish everyone the best.

The Worley's
Aboard Waveaway
Currently lying Penetanguishene Ontario