Killarney Mountain Lodge

Saturday, August 22

Finally a day that looks like the weather will allow us to continue. The forecast is for cloudy, cool with winds around to the NW and N. Unfortunately it is drizzling off and on as we have breakfast and conceder heading out. A look at the radar shows a string of small light cells that are moving over us but not our intended track.

A little after nine there is a break in the drizzle and we take off. The plan is to go to Killarney today. It is 65 miles on the inside small boat channel. At mile 25 you have to go out into open Georgian Bay for about ten miles, if you stay outside here it is only 55 miles total.

The inside passage continues to be a study in granite. Diana takes many photos of all the different formations. For a seemingly isolated area there is a fair amount of boat traffic. There other travelers, fisherman, vacationers with cottages we can’t see and even some kayakers.

The three light houses mark the end of the Bustard Island group and this is where we have to go outside for a while. The wind is light, and although there is still some left over swell running from yesterdays high winds the ride is not too bad. We decide to take the short route and go directly to Killarney. As we proceed we can see light drizzle and poor visibility to the north (the inside route), staying outside was the right choice.

We decide to try the Killarney Mountain Lodge for our overnight stay; we have heard good thinks about it. We telephone and they say they can accommodate us. About 4:00 the Red Rock Point light is at hand and we turn into the Killarney Channel.

We get tied up and the boat cleaned up and there, two docks away is Solstice, the big Fleming we had last seen in Fenelon Falls. We catch up with Cappy and Judy on how the others trip has gone. Then it is off to the showers for both of us.

The boathouse staff had made a reservation for us in the dining room and we walk up for dinner. The lodge is primarily a wilderness retreat and the transient docking is second. To accommodate their guests they have a large dining room and a kitchen that prepares all items from scratch. The meal is excellent and we splurge and have dessert, wild blueberry cake with cream cheese frosting and chocolate raspberry pie. We split them and they are both fabulous!

They have Wi-Fi in the lodge but not on the boat so I stay to check the weather and e-mails while Diana goes for a walk and takes lots of pictures of the area.

Life is still very good.