Our day began with a walk to the Gateway restaurant for breakfast with Phyllis and Bill. Notice below the sign that you can also get nautical charts here, along with food. The giant caramel roll was a must have. It was really, really tasty. But s…
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THURSDAY JULY 14th, 2011
Today we are traveling to Killarney. This is the Pointe Au Baril lighthouse at the entrance to Georgian Bay. The weather forecast is for light winds so we left the small craft channel and went out into Georgian Bay to check things out. Conditions seeme…
WEDNESDAY JULY 13TH 2011
Once again it is breezy but we are only a traveling a short 18 miles. We bucked a headwind for the last part of it to reach our anchorage in the Shawanaga old picnic area. Or as Ron from RUNNING ERINS calls it, chimichanga. Ross listens on the marine r…
TUESDAY JULY 12TH 2011
A nice morning and since it won’t be long day of travel due to weather, we gals headed up to the market we saw advertised. It was in a park and filled with arts, crafts and food items. We did a lot of looking but not too much buying. Erin bought som…
MONDAY JULY 11TH 2011
We left in the morning with GULLWING in the lead and RUNNING ERINS behind us. It’s a hazy day and it gives the scenery a feel I can only describe as Alaskan. Most of my photos from today didn’t turn out very clear because of this. This is some of t…
FRIDAY JULY 15TH 2011
We are currently in Killarney, Ontario. The Internet here is only just strong enough to post some text, but forget about loading pictures! We’d be home before the first one even loads.The weather has been fabulous, the bugs haven’t carried us away (yet…
SUNDAY JULY 10TH 2011
After leaving the boat in Midland, Ontario for the past 3 weeks, we returned from Minnesota just a couple of days ago and are more than ready to head back out on the Loop. It is a beautiful summer day in Canada! You can say what you want about winters …
THURSDAY JUNE 16TH 2011
THE BIG CHUTEA gorgeous morning as our friends, and fellow Minnesotans, from the SOUTHERN BELLE help cast us off. They will be right behind us in the Big Chute so we have traded cameras and will meet up on the other side to retrieve then. So these phot…
WEDNESDAY JUNE 15TH
Departed Orillia with the plan to stop short of the Big Chute for the night and tie up at the Government docks. We took one look at those when we arrived and continued on to Big Chute.Geologists claim the bottom at the north end of Lake Couchiching ris…
TUESDAY JUNE 14TH, 2011
A bright sunny day. The locks don’t open until 9 a.m. which makes for a relaxing start to the day. Just before 9 we pulled out of Bolsover and headed for Orillia, which is at the north end of Lake SimcoeToday we had 5 locks to go through. Many of the…
