The marina and cute little town of Little Current were resplendent with flowers. I liked the Canadian colors theme of red and white flowers. Noon opening of the bridge, lots of traffic in and out of here! The marina had 120 transient berths and can even accommodate a cruise ship (which was headed here for the weekend).Even though things brightened up on Monday (July 24) the winds were too strong to leave our slip. So we enjoyed a day in town, went out to lunch and met some more “loopers” in the marina. Had a nice gathering of folks on our back deck later in the evening.Local tour boat heading back in. The red buoy indicates direction of the current.Sunset at 9:05!Dead calm in the morning on July 25.Looking back at the bridge for its 10am opening as we were leaving the marina.Going by the Alamo?Boat belonging to Dennis and Jan aboard Mother Ocean, folks we met last night. Of course we had to sing “Mother Mother Ocean” aka “A Pirate Looks at 40.”‘ Remember when we thought being 40 would be old? Ha!Heading into an anchorage in Croker Island.The anchorage had a deep (30+feet) area of good holding but the shallower part was all rock. So we tried out what the locals do around here: putting the anchor down in 30 feet, but tying to shore with a long rope. Settled in for lunch.I noticed there were milkweed plants on shore behind Hal. Cool find – a milkweed plant with a chrysalis and caterpillar on it. Very hungry caterpillars, turns out there were a total of 4 on this one plant.Terri and I took the dinghy over to the other side of the cove to pick blueberries.A spiderweb of anchors and shore lines.We found more blueberries than we could possibly eat. Plenty more for humans and bears. Heading back to our boats.The two boats next to us were celebrating Christmas in July, it being the 25th. They had Bing Crosby’s classic “White Christmas” album blaring. They invited us over to celebrate with them.Hal responded to their invitation with a “yes” along with putting up all the flags he could find.Unfortunately the wind rapidly picked up, putting us on a lee shore which made all of us nervous. Our 4 boats simultaneously up-anchored. The Christmas boats found space in the blueberry end of the cove. No room for us so we moved over to another island. Sorry to miss their celebration!Heading over to Amedroz Island which had a large anchorage area, good holding and great protection from SSW winds. Much better!Angry skies in the morning! Rain and nasty winds predicted for the day on July 26. Guess we’ll stay put for the day. The “Swallow” ghosts in just before it started to pour.Today’s bright spot: the monarch we’ve had on board for about a month finally emerged from its chrysalis. Hopefully she’ll join the other butterflies on the next island over before starting her trek to Mexico.
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This place seems to be a larger area. Nice monarch shots. I wonder if the new monarch will return to Islandia next year? Will she be able to find the boat? Haha.
Weather up here is cold and rainy again. But the sun doesn’t set until 11:00 and rises by 6ish.
Love you
dt
I think you’ve had enough butterfly luck this year to win a medal! I haven’t found one parsley pillar. Haven’t started looking for Monarchs yet …I have better luck in late August. Wonderful pics!
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This place seems to be a larger area. Nice monarch shots. I wonder if the new monarch will return to Islandia next year? Will she be able to find the boat? Haha.
Weather up here is cold and rainy again. But the sun doesn’t set until 11:00 and rises by 6ish.
Love you
dt
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I think you’ve had enough butterfly luck this year to win a medal! I haven’t found one parsley pillar. Haven’t started looking for Monarchs yet …I have better luck in late August. Wonderful pics!
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