Monday, August 24
It was another cool morning, with a temperature of 53 degrees. The plan had been to take two short days to get to Drummond Island where we
would clear US Customs. The intervening stop is Meldrum Bay where we cleared Canadian Customs in June. The weather forecast was for good weather today but high winds and chance of thunderstorms tomorrow. We decided that Meldrum Bay was very small and not a place to spent multiple nights so the plan changed to a long day run of 70 plus miles straight to Drummond.
We had planned on grocery shopping this morning, so right after breakfast we quickly walked the four blocks to the grocery and filled our small list. Before we left the slip Diana took a couple of pictures of the lovely Gore Bay Marina. A couple of sailboats had left the slips next to us giving the open view of the marina office and Canadian Yacht Charter.
We proceeded out of Gore Bay and past the Janet Head Lighthouse. My memory of my trip through Gore Bay 25 years ago was of a beautiful bay with high wooded cliffs on both sides, especially the east side; I was not disappointed on this trip.
As we proceed across smooth waters of the North Channel we see several “flocks” of loons.
Yesterday we saw a group of about twenty, today there were several groups of about a dozen. It must be in preparation for migration.
As we pass the end of Manitoulin Island to cross above Mississiagi Straight and then past False Detour Passage the wind suddenly goes from calm to 15 to 18. It is out of the south which puts it right on our side. We rock and roll more than Diana is comfortable with, but she bites her tongue and lets me concentrate on driving.
By the time we are north of Drummond Island it is calm again. I had called Drummond Island Yacht Haven this morning, they said they were there until 6:00 and custom was there until almost 8:00. At 5:30 I called on the VHF and told them it would be 6:15, they said they would wait for us.
We got to the marina and they directed us to a slip on the far side from the office, just as I was getting lined up with the slip a fellow rides up on a bike to take our lines. We get in and before we are fully tied up the customs officer has walked over. She is a cat lover and the paperwork takes longer than it should only because she is distracted by the cats. Other than that it is routine and we are officially back in the USA after eight weeks in Canadian waters.
By the time we have dinner and I help a nice gentleman next to us with chart information (he is headed the other way) it is a bed time and we are both tired. It was a long day, but except for the couple hours of rock and roll it was a very good day.
It was another cool morning, with a temperature of 53 degrees. The plan had been to take two short days to get to Drummond Island where we
would clear US Customs. The intervening stop is Meldrum Bay where we cleared Canadian Customs in June. The weather forecast was for good weather today but high winds and chance of thunderstorms tomorrow. We decided that Meldrum Bay was very small and not a place to spent multiple nights so the plan changed to a long day run of 70 plus miles straight to Drummond.
We had planned on grocery shopping this morning, so right after breakfast we quickly walked the four blocks to the grocery and filled our small list. Before we left the slip Diana took a couple of pictures of the lovely Gore Bay Marina. A couple of sailboats had left the slips next to us giving the open view of the marina office and Canadian Yacht Charter.
We proceeded out of Gore Bay and past the Janet Head Lighthouse. My memory of my trip through Gore Bay 25 years ago was of a beautiful bay with high wooded cliffs on both sides, especially the east side; I was not disappointed on this trip.
As we proceed across smooth waters of the North Channel we see several “flocks” of loons.
Yesterday we saw a group of about twenty, today there were several groups of about a dozen. It must be in preparation for migration.As we pass the end of Manitoulin Island to cross above Mississiagi Straight and then past False Detour Passage the wind suddenly goes from calm to 15 to 18. It is out of the south which puts it right on our side. We rock and roll more than Diana is comfortable with, but she bites her tongue and lets me concentrate on driving.
By the time we are north of Drummond Island it is calm again. I had called Drummond Island Yacht Haven this morning, they said they were there until 6:00 and custom was there until almost 8:00. At 5:30 I called on the VHF and told them it would be 6:15, they said they would wait for us.
We got to the marina and they directed us to a slip on the far side from the office, just as I was getting lined up with the slip a fellow rides up on a bike to take our lines. We get in and before we are fully tied up the customs officer has walked over. She is a cat lover and the paperwork takes longer than it should only because she is distracted by the cats. Other than that it is routine and we are officially back in the USA after eight weeks in Canadian waters.
By the time we have dinner and I help a nice gentleman next to us with chart information (he is headed the other way) it is a bed time and we are both tired. It was a long day, but except for the couple hours of rock and roll it was a very good day.
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