Captain's Blog

  TRAVEL DAY 98 - Killarney to The Pool August 19, 2023 3.56 Hours/25.8 Miles     The Georgian Bay is behind us and our departure from Killarney now marks the start of The North Channel. A little warmer today and definitely better than yesterday, we pulled out of our tight slip and around to the fuel dock for a pump out. We fired up Betty again and motored across the water and docked temporarily while our traveling companions did the same operation. Once they completed, we pulled away from the dock and headed toward the open bay. About 30 minutes into the trip a large boat passed close to our starboard side leaving a heavy wake, then crossed in front of us, turned and passed in front of us again, leaving 2 more huge wakes. The crew was making breakfast and several items in the cabin were thrown to the floor. Jerk.   High Cliffs & Clear Water     Baie Fine is one of the few fjords in North America. It's an eight mile passage to our anchorage named "The Pool". We passed

  TRAVEL DAY 94 - Beausoleil Island to Parry Sound August 11, 2023 6.43 Hours/47.3 Miles     We said goodbye to the Trent-Severn Waterway and were now in Georgian Bay, Ontario, a large bay connected to Lake Huron. Our intent was to anchor another night at the north end of Beausoleil but large thunderstorms were predicted for the next couple of days and we didn't want to be stuck on the boat for that amount of time.    Georgian Bay Lighthouse     We made the decision to travel to Parry Sound less than 50 miles away. A much longer day trip than we like. Parry sound would be a larger town with a nice protected marina and it would give us a chance to do some much needed planning for our routes through the Georgian Bay.    Green Marker in the wrong position     Stopping 2 hours into the trip along the way, was Henry's. Located in San Souci, Henry's is one of those places that is a must stop. It is a Loopers "right of passage". Much like Cabbage Key and a Cheeseburger i