We left Ontonagen Sept 7th. The waves were tough. They were supposed to be only 2 footers. We experienced 4 – 6 footers and quite a swell with those. Our salon was trashed again stuff everywhere, even our storage room was messed up. By the time Lake Superior calmed some , we were 3/4 of … More Black River – Washburn Wisconsin

September 1st we made it to Marquette Michigan. We stayed at Cinder Pond Marina which is right by downtown. Very nice restaurants there. We tried to leave the next day but the waves were 4-6 feet with swells and we just couldn’t fight them. After 1 1/2 hours we turned back. My galley was a … More Marquette – Houghton – Ontonagon MI

Bruce and I were playing it safe and stayed in Sault Ste Marie for one whole week. Lake Superior was having some 7 to 10 with an occasional 15 ft waves. So we went to see the ship wreck museum at White fish point. We rented a car and invited Yolo ( Jeff and Gayle … More Sault Ste Marie – Grand Marais Michigan

August 23rd, we traveled now toward the US , we have to report to customs through a ROAM app. The customs officer can board your boat and check you if they want. Our officer Vogele just asked a few questions looked at our passports and our face through a video chat and said Welcome to … More CROSSING OUR WAKE AT DETOUR STATE HARBOR

August 20th we pulled a very weedy anchor up. It looked like it had a wig on. It took Bruce quite a bit of pulling weeds off with the boat hook to clean it then a bit of mud scraping. Where was the guy with the knife that had helped the other boaters clean their … More Little Current – Kagawong – Meldrum Bay Anchorage

We undrafted from Pura Vida and Carolina Dream and on August 16 cruised to Killarney in the North Channel. We traveled the Collins Inlet which was a very pretty scenic route. We had hoped to see a lot of wildlife but only saw a beaver lodge and birds. The granite rocks are looking pinker here. … More Killarney – Covered Portage Cove – Baie Fine and the Pool.

On August 14th we were on a mission to fix our dinghy once and for all. Thompson’s marina had a mechanic who worked on Tohatsu motors. We had to go into a little bay past Au Barill Light house to get there. There was whiskey barrel on the rocks there. I guess years ago they … More Thompson Marina – Wrights Marina – Bustard Islands

August 11th we cruised through very treacherous waters. Many markers that were confusing. If you don’t follow exactly you find very large rocks and underground shelves of rock. Our chartplotter does a great job of auto routing our route. We only used our eyes to sight a precarious area once where we didn’t follow it … More Henry’s in San Souci – Parry Sound – Hopewell Anchorage

Georgian Bay is beautiful! August 7th we had a foggy start as we left the Trent Severn, but it cleared nicely. RADAR is wonderful to have when driving in the fog. We stayed at Queens Cove Marina to provision and because the weather was suppose to be rainy and windy for a couple days. It … More Queen’s Cove Marina – Brown’s Bay Anchorage

August 6th we left Orillia marina in Canada, crossed lake Coochiching and followed the Trent Severn channel through 2 locks. We stayed overnight above Swift Rapids lock. It was so quiet that Bruce and I had to make a small campfire to keep busy. We tied to the wall behind Golden (Bonnie,David) , a catamaran … More Orillia – Swift Rapids – Last of the Trent Severn Waterway