July 29th –
It was a very quiet and calm night (perfect for sleeping) and we both slept in
this morning. After breakfast we went
for a dingy run towards Spanish, however we both forgot our wallets so we
turned around since we weren’t sure if we had enough fuel to get back. We checked out a few anchorages in the area
and we’re impressed by the number of options ... they seem to be endless! It was a relaxing day and I accomplished a
few boat related things. Once again we
were invited to cocktails at 5pm and this time the monkey decided to go as
well! After cocktails and dinner a nice
couple (Mike and Karen) came over to our boat to give us their Lake Michigan
guide and walked us through the ports as well as anchoring options along the
Michigan side of the lake. We learned
lots during their visit.
July 30th
– Another beautiful day in Oak Bay.
Three Looper boats pulled in today thus we decided to stay another
night. We met Scott and KC from “Jet
Stream”, Robert and Brenda from “Over Ice” and Mike & Leann from “Rowe Boat”
plus others from 12 boats in total at cocktail hour at 5pm at the cottage. I found out that this anchorage is documented
in Active Captain thus it seems to be a well advertised place. No wonder boats are constantly trying to get
in here to anchor. Scott from Jet Stream
is a Pilot ... and so is Robert from Over Ice – His brother chops the wood and
his job is to Pile it ... LOL! Most of
these Loopers are heading into the US the first week of August. We plan to enter by August 15th
since this is the day our health insurance kicks in and it's also the start date of our US Cruising Permit, however I’m sure we’ll
catch up with them again at some point.
July 31st
– We visited a number of people in Oak Bay to say goodbye and then travelled 21 miles via McBean Channel to Little Detroit and entered Whalesback Channel and then
arrived at our destination - Beardrop Harbour.
Two of the Loopers that we met also left for Beardrop Harbour as well
and the 3rd Looper decided to go to Blind River since he’s hoping to
enter the US at Drummond Island tomorrow.
This anchorage is very beautiful, large and busy. There were at least 2 other Loopers that we
haven’t met yet in this bay as well. We
sat on “Over Ice” with 2 other Loopers eating watermelon which was great since
it was a hot evening. We then went on a
dingy ride with 2 other loopers to see the sunset.
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| Sunset in Oak Bay |
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| Oak Bay from the dock of the cottage |
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| Cocktails - Norm (the cottage owner) has the monkey on his shoulder |
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| Norm's wife is at the far right of the picture |
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| Looking into the cottage from our boat |
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| Beardrop Harbour |
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| The two loopers are left of our boat in Beardrop Harbour |
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| Over Ice |
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| Rowe Boat |
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| Do I need to tell you who this is ;) |
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| Sunset in Beardrop Harbour |
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So nice that you are meeting so many people! Amazing how many people are loopers!
ReplyDeleteYes, we are definitely meeting lots of new boaters!
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