Since our last post, Ashton and I have made great time moving across the entire Georgian Bay in four days....we are idiots.
This place is absolutely gorgeous. If it wasn't for us meeting Cathy on the tip of Michigan next week, we would stay here until the butter became hard....err, middle of August from what folks say.
Ok, our trip has been great. We anchored "med-style" in our first night in a cove called Echo Bay...named for the sheer granite walls that....you guessed it, echo! Anyway, the bay was pretty full and we could not pull into the other bay due to large granite boulders just under the surface. Ashton stopped us just in time to avoid an expensive "oh shit". We have taken to have Ashton as "bow rider" when we go anywhere off the canal. The water is clear down 60 ft so you can see what is going to bite you. But back to Echo Bay, we had to scale a cliff (OK, it was only 50 ft tall...but I am old!) We tied our stern to a pine at the top of this cliff and anchored out forward making more room for others. Great stay with us snorkeling amongst the walleye that I have eaten the last two nights out!
We left yesterday after two days and went "outside" into the heart of the Georgian Bay to make better time. We ran 60 miles up the coast and pulled into a pretty inlet called Byng Inlet...not much else to say except we pulled into a marina, folks were nice, beer was cold and the cool Canadian nights aided in a good rest.
Today we went outside (the "inside" is the small craft channel which is very scenic which we ran the first day, but this channel is tedious and one risks a bent prop at every turn). Our run to Killarney was 45 miles over extremely flat seas. Ashton slept most of the way. I put the boat on autopilot and puttered around while I monitored traffic and progress. Life doesn't suck.
We intended on passing through Killarney en route to a secluded anchorage on the other side of a small canal. However, as we were passing through Killarney, which turns out to be the quintessential boat destination that didn't even have road to it until 20 years ago, friends of our waved us down. They had pulled into the Sportsman's Inn. We did the same. This Inn had just come out of bankruptcy last week...no kidding. There were two kids (both 20...Ashton's age) running the place for the deep pocketed saviour who purchased the Inn. This Inn is famous and was the place t0 stop for years. These kids were doing everything...from
running a water taxi to docking, fixing electricity etc. The Inn is in a sad state of repair but the
bar is really neat with dead animals lining the walls....just what one expects here in the north woods. Anyhow, this place let us dock with electricity cheaper than anyplace on our trip so far. Our friends had been helping the kids for the last five days getting the water and electricity running again. Attached are some pretty descriptive pictures.
Tomorrow we head to Baie Fine, which is a must see destination. After that it is across the Northern Channel to meet Cathy back in the USA.
That's it for now.
The Worley's
Aboard Waveaway,
Currently lying Sportsman Inn, Killarney Ontario
This place is absolutely gorgeous. If it wasn't for us meeting Cathy on the tip of Michigan next week, we would stay here until the butter became hard....err, middle of August from what folks say.
Ok, our trip has been great. We anchored "med-style" in our first night in a cove called Echo Bay...named for the sheer granite walls that....you guessed it, echo! Anyway, the bay was pretty full and we could not pull into the other bay due to large granite boulders just under the surface. Ashton stopped us just in time to avoid an expensive "oh shit". We have taken to have Ashton as "bow rider" when we go anywhere off the canal. The water is clear down 60 ft so you can see what is going to bite you. But back to Echo Bay, we had to scale a cliff (OK, it was only 50 ft tall...but I am old!) We tied our stern to a pine at the top of this cliff and anchored out forward making more room for others. Great stay with us snorkeling amongst the walleye that I have eaten the last two nights out!We left yesterday after two days and went "outside" into the heart of the Georgian Bay to make better time. We ran 60 miles up the coast and pulled into a pretty inlet called Byng Inlet...not much else to say except we pulled into a marina, folks were nice, beer was cold and the cool Canadian nights aided in a good rest.
Today we went outside (the "inside" is the small craft channel which is very scenic which we ran the first day, but this channel is tedious and one risks a bent prop at every turn). Our run to Killarney was 45 miles over extremely flat seas. Ashton slept most of the way. I put the boat on autopilot and puttered around while I monitored traffic and progress. Life doesn't suck.We intended on passing through Killarney en route to a secluded anchorage on the other side of a small canal. However, as we were passing through Killarney, which turns out to be the quintessential boat destination that didn't even have road to it until 20 years ago, friends of our waved us down. They had pulled into the Sportsman's Inn. We did the same. This Inn had just come out of bankruptcy last week...no kidding. There were two kids (both 20...Ashton's age) running the place for the deep pocketed saviour who purchased the Inn. This Inn is famous and was the place t0 stop for years. These kids were doing everything...from
running a water taxi to docking, fixing electricity etc. The Inn is in a sad state of repair but the
bar is really neat with dead animals lining the walls....just what one expects here in the north woods. Anyhow, this place let us dock with electricity cheaper than anyplace on our trip so far. Our friends had been helping the kids for the last five days getting the water and electricity running again. Attached are some pretty descriptive pictures.
Tomorrow we head to Baie Fine, which is a must see destination. After that it is across the Northern Channel to meet Cathy back in the USA.That's it for now.
The Worley's
Aboard Waveaway,
Currently lying Sportsman Inn, Killarney Ontario
1 comment:
George
It is good to see you enjoying your retirement.
Cheers
pat miller
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