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July 31- Aug.1, 2017 Leaving Canada and entering the US in DeTour Village, Michigan.

fullsizeoutput_21c7 — July 31, we up anchored at 7:30am (Picture taken by Terri Wells)

fullsizeoutput_21a9 — Leaving the archipelago before the winds kick up.

DSCN2972 — There’s an eagle in there somewhere, he was just so darn elusive!

fullsizeoutput_21a5 — There’s that ribbon of green I like so much.

fullsizeoutput_21c8 — Color of the day: Blue! We were so lucky to do a 50+mile crossing of the North Channel with virtually no wind. (Sorry sailors!) Could have water skied across the channel!

fullsizeoutput_21a7 — The only commercial fishing boat we have seen.

DSCN2989 — Looking for the dotted line as we cross the border.

fullsizeoutput_21c9 — Checking into customs couldn’t have been easier with our Nexus passes. We called in from where you see us on the chart. We were asked all the usual identification questions and the agent spoke to each of us to verify birthdates. Then the customs agent issued us a check in number. He never asked how long we had been in Canada, nor if we had alcohol, firearms or drugs. No questions about the foods we had or if we had any plants on board. Easy peasy.

DSCN2999 — First freighter sighting. Of course is was at anchor. Not sure why you would name a green boat “Blacky.”

fullsizeoutput_21bb — Coming into DeTour Village for the night. Reminded us of Cape Vincent, NY. Here’s the Pilot boat ready to ferry pilots out to the passing freighters.

fullsizeoutput_21be — And here’s the breakwater, a freighter and a car ferry.

fullsizeoutput_21bd — Don’t know if this ship makes it to the St. Lawrence. Fritz would know.

fullsizeoutput_21ca — Lots of freighter activity.

fullsizeoutput_21bf — We’ve definitely seen the Cedarglen numerous times.

fullsizeoutput_21b0 — On August 1, took a tour of DeTour Village. Cool wooden statue “The Passage Keeper” greets you as you leave the marina.

DSCN3023 — I pondered this man made mini pond and mini stream. The water was going along at a pretty good clip and then disappeared into the lawn. So, maybe there’s an underground pipe and water pump that leads the water back into the pond?

fullsizeoutput_21b1 — I liked this this house – La Dolce Vida (reminded me of the Zulicks) Porches and turrets and widow’s walks – oh my! Love a house with lots of decks. Bob liked the pickup truck.

fullsizeoutput_21b4 — Enjoyed this Botanical Garden.

fullsizeoutput_21c3 — It was a series of small memorial gardens connected by pathways.

fullsizeoutput_21b8 — A very bright I-don’t-know-what flower.

fullsizeoutput_21af — Even the spent dandelion type flower was pretty.

fullsizeoutput_21c1 — Nice place to look for freighters.

fullsizeoutput_21b6 — Interesting sun dial.

fullsizeoutput_21b9 — Headed back to the marina with our boat in the background.

fullsizeoutput_21ba — Leaving the marina we noticed a Lyman like Fritz and Leslie’s and also a Viking 50+ boat similar to the Throops.

fullsizeoutput_21bc — This lighthouse is the DeTour Reef Lighthouse. It’s open for tours on weekends and you can sign up for a lighthouse keeper program that allows you the opportunity to live and work at the lighthouse.

fullsizeoutput_21c6 — The lighthouse is located in the center of this chart clipping. What’s interesting about it is that it’s a cross roads for freighters: go north to Lake Superior (through St. Mary’s River), east and then south to Lake Huron or west and then south to Lake Michigan. You can also see where we wound up for the night – an anchorage near Cedarville which boasts “the largest” antique boat show in the northeast. Hmmm, wonder what Clayton’s ABM has to say about that.

fullsizeoutput_21c4 — And here’s where we are in the world.

July 29-30, 2017 Beardrop and Turnbull Islands, last two days in Canada

fullsizeoutput_2190 — Early morning mist on July 29.

DSCN2931 — Going through yet another narrow passage called “Little Detroit.” I learned that detroit means straight.

DSCN2932 — Waiting our turn to go through, although there really was enough room for two boats to pass.

DSCN2934 — Going through Whaleback Channel where all the islands looked like whalebacks. Too bad there aren’t any whales up here.

DSCN2935 — Just like the St. Lawrence, there’s no doubt about the prevailing wind direction.

fullsizeoutput_2198 — This island was actually named Whaleback.

fullsizeoutput_2191 — And again, just like the St. Lawrence, you can go from 100 feet to no feet. Just opposite the green buoy is a dot of an island. But with the high water level….

DSCN2939 — it looked like this. 1 foot, 100 feet, no difference in color.

DSCN2940 — Heading into Beardrop, an anchorage between the mainland and a series of oblong islands.

fullsizeoutput_2193 — Just as we rounded the inlet, this fisherman dropped his hook. Three seconds later he caught this fish. I need Eric Ringdahl to help me out. I have no idea what kind of fish this is – but it’s a big one!

fullsizeoutput_2196 — We anchored behind this little island in the bay to get a little protection from the building west winds.

fullsizeoutput_2194 — Bob keeping a sharp lookout for….

DSCN2949 — all the unmarked underwater rocks, like this one lurking below the surface.

fullsizeoutput_2197 — C’est le Bon behind us. At first we had the bay pretty much to ourselves but as the day progressed there were over a dozen boats behind us.

beardrop2 — Took the paddle board out to explore the series of islands. Cool egress to the main channel.

Beardrop — I paddled deep into the bay and upon my return the winds had really kicked up. Fortunately Bob saw I was making no headway and retrieved me with the dinghy.

fullsizeoutput_21a0 — Jonathan Livingston Seagull was doing all he could to get us to throw him some of the snacks from cocktail hour.

fullsizeoutput_21aa — Headed out on July 30th to Turnbull Island which is actually part of a tiny archipelago.

fullsizeoutput_21ab — Always fun to navigate around unmarked rocks, although some kind soul had actually marked one of them with a milk jug. We met the folks on “Ad Lib” whose boat name is actually Vahevala.

Took the paddle board to a nearby mini beach complete with a picnic table, fire pit, short hiking trail and lots of blueberries.

parti dog — The folks on Vahevala (Brian and Linda) brought their parti portuguese water dog over. She was incredibly cute and well behaved. I just said “sit” and “down” and she did just that!

dog2 — Later she curled up under Hal’s legs as he played the guitar. This was our last night with Hal and Terri on C’est le Bon. Tomorrow we’re headed to Michigan and they are going to spend 2 more weeks in the North Channel. I decided we needed a signature song, since likely we’ll meet up again somewhere along the way down the inland rivers of the USA. I rewrote a few of the verses of A Pirate Looks at Forty. New name: We Pirates look at Sixty.

fullsizeoutput_21ae — In case you’re wondering, “planning fluid” is Hal’s code phrase for Scotch Whiskey. A highlight every night was figuring out where we were going to go the next day – so many choices with over 30,000 islands! And of course, some form of liquid nourishment is needed to make these decisions.

July 26-28, 2017 Amendroz to Hotham Island, North Channel

fullsizeoutput_218a — On July 26 (off Amendroz Island – or Amedroz, depending on which chart you look at) it continued to pour most of the day. By 5pm it got down to a drizzle so we invited our neighbors over for cocktail hour. Never a dull moment with sailors, there’s about 400 years of stories going around our back deck. I often think about that silly Girl Scout song – “make new friends but keep the old….”

fullsizeoutput_2170 — July 27 – blue skies again. We headed south to check out the small community of Kagawong on Manitoulin Island.

fullsizeoutput_2174 — St. John the Evangelist is noted for its nautical theme.

DSCN2862 — Loved the power boat bow for a pulpit and the anchor hanging over head.

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fullsizeoutput_2172 — And nautical stained glass windows.

fullsizeoutput_2175 — Bob stayed behind with the boats while we explored the town and nearby hiking trail.

DSCN2869 — We hiked through a “Spirit” trail with lots of signage. This was one of many thought provoking signs.

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fullsizeoutput_2182 — Came out at Bridal Veil Falls. The Falls are down to a trickle because most of the water from Kagawong Lake is diverted through a small hydroelectric power plant – which provides electricity for the town.

fullsizeoutput_2176 — This service station is like a mini mall – groceries, hardware, clothing, souvenirs, beer and wine among other things.

fullsizeoutput_2177 — Random statues on the way back to the boat. No signage to say who sculpted them or their meaning. There was also a chocolate factory in town which had pretty yummy treats.

fullsizeoutput_217a — We moved on to Clapperton Island about 5 miles north for the night. In the bay was a small island with abandoned buildings from a former resort.

fullsizeoutput_2183 — After taking this picture from the boat with my good camera I launched the paddle board to have a closer look.

fullsizeoutput_2184 — I was about 20 feet off the shore when this black bear jumped out of the brush. I almost fell over! He started to enter the water and I wondered if I could paddle faster than he could swim. This picture is very blurry because I took it with my cell phone while paddling away. He very quickly lost interest in me and went back to foraging in the brush. By the time I returned in the dinghy with my good camera, he was nowhere to be found.

DSCN2894 — Later that night we were treated to this stunning sunset. Red sky at night, sailor’s delight…

fullsizeoutput_2179 — On July 28, a mother loon and her still fuzzy babies floated by. Dad was off fishing.

fullsizeoutput_2178 — Of course as soon as mom turned her head away, the kids started acting up.

fullsizeoutput_2185 — Saw this squadron of cormorants on our way to the next anchorage.

fullsizeoutput_217c — Heading over to Hotham Island with the La Cloche mountains in the background.

fullsizeoutput_217d — The bay behind Hotham Island was narrow but long – about 4 miles long with all kinds of nooks and crannies for anchoring.

fullsizeoutput_2186 — We anchored off Oak Point which had a narrow channel way leading to an inner lake. With the water being up so high this year we could have actually taken Islandia into the lake.

fullsizeoutput_2187 — But we took the paddle board and dinghies instead. This is Hal and Terri trying to get photos of dragon flies. The deer flies were pretty intense so I didn’t last long here.

fullsizeoutput_2188 — Back to our anchorage, down a quart of blood between the mosquitoes and the deer flies.

fullsizeoutput_2189 — Our back yard for the evening, sun still setting after nine.

July 24-26, 2017 Little Current to Amedroz Island

DSCN2753 — The marina and cute little town of Little Current were resplendent with flowers. I liked the Canadian colors theme of red and white flowers.

fullsizeoutput_2163 — 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).

fullsizeoutput_2164 — 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.

fullsizeoutput_2165 — Local tour boat heading back in. The red buoy indicates direction of the current.

DSCN2768 — Dead calm in the morning on July 25.

DSCN2771 — Looking back at the bridge for its 10am opening as we were leaving the marina.

DSCN2778 — 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!

fullsizeoutput_2168 — Heading into an anchorage in Croker Island.

fullsizeoutput_216f — 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.

fullsizeoutput_2169 — Settled in for lunch.

fullsizeoutput_216a — I noticed there were milkweed plants on shore behind Hal.

fullsizeoutput_215b — Cool find – a milkweed plant with a chrysalis and caterpillar on it.

fullsizeoutput_2159 — Very hungry caterpillars, turns out there were a total of 4 on this one plant.

DSCN2802 — Terri and I took the dinghy over to the other side of the cove to pick blueberries.

DSCN2816 — A spiderweb of anchors and shore lines.

fullsizeoutput_215d — We found more blueberries than we could possibly eat. Plenty more for humans and bears.

fullsizeoutput_215f — Heading back to our boats.

DSCN2827 — 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.

fullsizeoutput_216c — Hal responded to their invitation with a “yes” along with putting up all the flags he could find.

fullsizeoutput_216d — 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!

DSCN2829 — Heading over to Amedroz Island which had a large anchorage area, good holding and great protection from SSW winds.

DSCN2838 — Angry skies in the morning! Rain and nasty winds predicted for the day on July 26. Guess we’ll stay put for the day.

fullsizeoutput_2160 — The “Swallow” ghosts in just before it started to pour.

DSCN2843 — Today’s bright spot: the monarch we’ve had on board for about a month finally emerged from its chrysalis.

fullsizeoutput_2161 — Hopefully she’ll join the other butterflies on the next island over before starting her trek to Mexico.

July 22-23, 2017 Heywood Island to Little Current

Heading out of Baie Fine on July 22.

The helicopter is still busy.

Landed at the Okeechobee Lodge. This is now a private lodge for local cottagers.

Swim area for the lodge.

I guess this canon means they are serious about their no trespassing sign.

All set up for a wedding, perhaps the helicopter pilot was bringing in guests.

Lunch stop in Boyle Bay on Badgeley Island.

Went over to nearby Mayes Point.

Guidebook said there were fossils in nearly every rock.

Guidebook also mentioned there were several rocks with bear claw markings (apparently bears need to sharpen their claws). We found several rocks with claw marks, creepy!

Hal building his own Inuksuk (a First Nations type of rock formation).

We also hiked into Devil’s Bay lake. The local mosquitoes took their daily dose of blood from us so we didn’t stay here too long.

Back at the boat, here’s my stash: quartz, black rock with bear claw markings, random orange rock (granite?) and a flat piece of limestone etched with fossils. Bob is so thrilled that I’m bringing rocks aboard.

After our exploration we up-anchored and moved over to a more protected bay off Heywood Island.

Scenic view from the anchorage.

During cocktail hour we went on a wild goose chase. What we thought was a bear swimming across the channel (they do that around here) turned out to be a gigantic beaver. One cocktail too many?

Well at least I got a good shot of a loon!

We met the folks on the ketch. Their boat is named Adanaco which is O Canada backwards. They gave us lots of advice for cool anchorages to the west of us. Bob graced them with his a cappella rendition of O Canada. They were impressed he knew all the words.

Apparently butterflies like our boat. This Red Admiral flew into the main salon. Didn’t take too much coaxing to get him to fly out of the boat.

On July 23 we went by Strawberry Island Lighthouse on our way to the town of Little Current.

So on the placemat of life, the picture of the lighthouse points to where we are now. We’ve done the right hand side, and now half way down the left side.

Going by the Little Current swing bridge. Even though the North Channel is not a river, there is a peculiar current that funnels through here. The current direction is dictated by wind direction – but in a random way. The winds were NNE as we went by, but the current was running west to east. After we docked and the wind was still NNE, the current ran east to west – and at a pretty good clip. Made for interesting docking to have a strong cross current. Once again we are very thankful for the bow and stern thrusters. Today is as miserable as this picture looks. Lots of storms passing through. We were able to get docked, do laundry and re-provision before the skies opened up.

Chart 2205 has been my favorite chart so far. We’ve gone from Killarney to Little Current – a distance of only 22 miles over a 5 day period. Weather until today has been fantastic and we’ve really enjoyed the “gunk holing” along the way.

July 21, 2017 Baie Fine

Purist leaving Covered Portage Cove on July 21, 2017

C’est le bon’s turn.

Now our turn.

Going by a quartz quarry.

This is an Alberg 30, same boat my Uncle Alden had. Brought back fond memories of traveling to Maine with him in 1972. Unfortunately he passed away in 1975, way too young at age 60.

“Hole in the Wall” short cut to our ultimate destination today. We decided not to chance putting a ding in the props and stayed in the main channel.

Entering the Baie Fine fjord leading to an anchorage called “The Pool.” This helicopter was in and out of the nearby Okeechobee Lodge several times as we went by.

The channel continues between a rock and ….

a hard place.

Saw this random person on a rock, pretty much in the middle of nowhere.

Turns out it was either Jane MacLaughlin who arrived by her paddle board…

or Steph Malcom jump roping.

Another 5 miles or so to the anchorage. (As the crow flies our destination was only about 4 miles away, but by boat, it was a 23 mile passage).

Sometimes the accuracy of the GPS/chart plotter is a bit off. Here we are going over an island.

Here’s the island! No hint of Islandia tracks going over it!

At anchor. Later there were about 12 boats in this “pool.”

We hiked up to a small lake, Lake Topaz. Possibly Lake Turquoise would have been a more apt name. It was just beautiful!

A group of cliff divers, they had even brought up a fairly large beer cooler. Kudos to them, the trail into the lake was pretty steep.

Looks like a disaster, but he somehow managed to go in feet first.

This kid was beckoning his brother to join him.

So his brother walked out on a limb and does just that.

Where was this camera when my sisters and I (and many friends) used to jump off the back side of Endymion? Fun times!

Terri taking a dip.

And then me, back at the anchorage. This day really felt like how the first day of summer should feel. Only a month off!

Sister ship to my sister Denise’s boat. Just needs a maroon hull.

Fuzzy picture, but the scene cracked me up. Looks like the loon is saying “Really honey, the fish was this big!” And Honey turns her head in disdain…

These geese delighted in eating the seaweed we pulled off the anchor chain. First harbor we’ve had with weeds to deal with when anchoring. Glad I brought the potato rake. Took awhile to haul up the anchor the next day.

July 20, 2017 Covered Portage Cove

Leaving Killarney en route to Covered Portage Cove. This lighthouse on Partridge Island happens to be the little lighthouse in the bottom corner of the Facing the Door painting I liked so much.

No more pink granite, but certainly lots and lots of quartz.

The narrow entry in yet another hurricane hole of a cove.

The Manatoana of Covered Portage Cove (only not quite as majestic)

Supposedly there is an outline of an Indian face in the rocks, didn’t see it entering the cove.

Sailboats anchored in zero feet of water per chart. Guess the locals know where to go!

A bluff we decided to climb later in the day.

Closer view of the cairn atop the bluff.

This anchorage is a popular spot for local boaters.

Looking back at the narrow entry.

Anchored well into the cove. The triangle next to us represents the AIS symbol for the boat we’ve been traveling with. For those of you trying to find us on AIS, look for C’est le Bon MMSI#338149414. Since they transmit from atop a mast, their signal is better. Ours seems to have a very limited range.

Just about to the top of the bluff.

Made it!

From the cairn’s viewpoint.

Bob on deck, looks like he’s just wearing a flag today.

Bob out for a paddle board trek.

Meanwhile Hal, Terri and I picked blueberries.

Aussie Bob coming back to pick us up at the trail head.

Blue heron on guard. Later in the day we saw our first bald eagle of the trip.

Another view of the bay and the top of our hike.

Later in the evening (sun still setting after 9, this was at about 8:30) I took the paddle board back to the Indian Face rock cliff. With different lighting and a different angle I could see the face. Forehead and eye are above the tree line, nose is at the tree line. Apparently he has lost some of his jaw over the years.

July 19, 2017 Killarney, North Channel

fullsizeoutput_2126 — Welcoming Killarney Lighthouse, gateway to the North Channel

fullsizeoutput_2127 — Goodbye Georgian Bay

DSCN2438 — Heading into the Village of Killarney

Pleasant sign at the marina, Killarney Mountain Lodge: “Enjoy all we have to offer.”

fullsizeoutput_2115 — Meanwhile in Africa another butterfly flaps its wings. We were too far from land to let it go.

fullsizeoutput_2128 — No problem, about an hour later after docking we let it go.

DSCN2442 — Coffee shop at the end of our dock. Very convenient!!

fullsizeoutput_2129 — The main lodge. The grounds were just beautiful with multiple gardens all around.

DSCN2454 — Grocery store just down the fairway from the marina.

DSCN2456 — Really convenient liquor store and fish/chips restaurant next door. We took the dinghy there to reload on wine and beer. Then later we returned by dinghy to pick up our order of fish and chips.

DSCN2450 — I took a walk in town and met Pierre Sabourin, a local artist. I loved his painting “Facing the Door.” Bought a copy of it. He told me all about the circumstances leading up to this picture. Very inspirational. He also gave me good advice for cool anchorages.

Harp — After dinner we went up to the Lodge for their local entertainment. This very talented musician was playing on a harp guitar (new to me, didn’t know they existed). Very enjoyable evening.

July 18, 2017 Collins Inlet, last night in Georgian Bay

fullsizeoutput_2116 — We left the French River by 8am so as to be out in the Bay before the winds came up. As per usual, you have to come out pretty far to avoid all the shoals. This particular grouping of rocks and small islands was called “The Chickens.”

DSCN2335 — Shimmering seas behind us. No real fetch to deal with.

fullsizeoutput_211d — Getting closer to La Cloche Mountain Range as we head into Collins Inlet.

DSCN2341 — Most of the inlet is boardered by bluffs.

DSCN2349 — Skinny passages have become de rigueur.

DSCN2356 — The narrow inlet carried on for about 10 miles.

fullsizeoutput_2117 — At the base of this bluff were posts from a wharf built long ago for the logging industry.

fullsizeoutput_2118 — Remnants of 100 year old posts.

DSCN2364 — Lots of beaver houses along the way.

DSCN2369 — Still good water in the middle of this channel.

fullsizeoutput_2119 — Lots of sheer cliffs along the way.

DSCN2376 — About the only wild life we have seen. I’m amazed at the paucity of birds. No eagles, no osprey, only one heron in the past 5 days.

fullsizeoutput_211c — We anchored by this bluff behind Island 58, aka Keyhole Island, formerly known as Turning Island. Seems like an excessive number of aliases.

Vista — Took a really long paddle board trip into the innards of the bay to climb up this bluff. The two dots in the water in the upper right are our boat and C’est le bon.

Finally found the elusive common blueberries of Georgian Bay!

fullsizeoutput_211a — Hal out sailing his dinghy “The Swallow.”

fullsizeoutput_20fc — Leaving a small wake heading downwind.

fullsizeoutput_20fd — Oops, forgot to reset the tracking this morning, so apparently we went over land to get to Collins Inlet.

fullsizeoutput_20fe — Where we are in Georgian Bay, only 5 miles away from entering the North Channel. If you enlarge this picture you can see the French River coursing down from an inland lake. Again, the route of earlier explorers and traders.

fullsizeoutput_20ff — Where we are in the world of Great Lakes.

fullsizeoutput_210d — Ended the day with another fun round of songs. Hal reminds us of a combination of our friends Paul Whitehead and Michael McIntyre.

July 16-17, 2017 Bad River Channel to the Devil Door Rapids

fullsizeoutput_2100 fullsizeoutput_2101 July 16th was rainy, windy and cold so we stayed put in The Flower Pot Anchorage. Finally around 5pm the rain let up enough to launch our dinghy and explore more of the Henvey Inlet. Came across this loon family.

fullsizeoutput_20dd fullsizeoutput_20e2 Our friends Hal and Terri aboard C’est le bon arrived later in the evening. Enjoyed a fairly decent sunset and another musical evening with them.

fullsizeoutput_20e6 July 17 was bright and cheerful. Noticed this rock carving across the bay.

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Closer view, not sure how old this is, but likely hundreds, if not thousands of years old. I decided it means “good fishing.”

DSCN2264 DSCN2266 Headed out the inlet we noticed more boats on rocks and some cute kids.

fullsizeoutput_20e9 Perfect boat for our friends Bob and Margie, the name of the boat is “Miller Time.”

fullsizeoutput_20ea Final stretch of the inlet before we headed out into Georgian Bay.

fullsizeoutput_20eb La Cloche mountain range in the background. The white is not snow! Limestone and quartz.

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This unnamed island out in the Bay had 3 lighthouses on it. Shortly after passing them we headed back into the 30,000 Islands up the Bad River Channel of the French River. Per Guidebook this is the area that fur trades from Montreal canoed down on their way to Lake Superior. It is considered to be a fjiord.

DSCN2281 Looking back at the Bad River Channel. There were of course a bunch of skinny passages along the way.

fullsizeoutput_20f1 Entering the anchorage.

fullsizeoutput_20f0 Of course our sailing buddies Hal and Terri have a sailing/rowing dinghy instead of a motorized one.

fullsizeoutput_2109 We anchored right on the anchor! It was really exciting to go through Devil Door Rapids and explore the other chutes/rapids as well.

fullsizeoutput_2102 The current coming through here was unbelievable and there actually was a small waterfall to go up and over. I had to close my eyes.

fullsizeoutput_20f2 Happy Bob for not crashing the boat going up the rapids.

fullsizeoutput_2103 fullsizeoutput_2104 fullsizeoutput_2105 DSCN2307 Scenes of the other rapids and chutes. Sign on the little island says “no swimming.” No kidding!

fullsizeoutput_2107 Another couple contemplating the rapids. They did go up. We visited with them later so I could show them a video I took of them going through. Turns out the husband, Dennis is a commercial diver who worked with the companies Bob did when he was a commercial diver. Small world!

DSCN2312 Bob dropped me off at the base of this cliff so I could take some pictures.

DSCN2313 Looking down at the anchorage.

fullsizeoutput_2108 Looking out at the Bay.

fullsizeoutput_20f7 Bob coming back to pick me up. It was a clear night and we were hoping to see the Northern Lights. No luck, maybe next time.