Beaver Island, MI To Washington Island,WI

We are back in Wisconsin!!! We stayed at Beaver Island Sunday and Monday. We went for a walk and found a small church and went to mass, then we walked over to see the lighthouse on the island. On our way back we stopped at a maritime Museum, that had an old fish tug that we could board. Really neat and did take pictures. We also walked a few miles to find one of the airports on the island, they have 2 airports and a college, and a school for 1-12 grades. We did not find the airport as it was
behind some trees, I guess it could not have been very big. We departed Beaver Island this morning at 6:20, the first hour was choppy and some waves splashing over the bow. The next 9 hours were 3-5 ft. waves on the port stern quarter. Not the best cruising day, but we made it safe and sound. Arrived at Washington Island to anchor at 4:45. Sunny, high of 65, and winds 23 mph.
Joe & Arvilla

St. Ignace,MI to Beaver Island,MI

Departed St. Ignace at 6:10. yes, we are now on the dreaded Lake Michigan. the first three hours of cruising were fine--the last three hours were terrible with 3-4 foot seas on our port bow. Everything in the boat was shook up, especially Arvilla who was suppose to be at home on this part of the cruise. But, we are one week ahead of schedule, no crew change until Aug. 23rd. Arrived at Beaver Island at 12:15. Mostly sunny and 78 degrees.

De Tour Village, MI to St. Ignace,MI

Departed De Tour Village at 8:35 after changing Canada money at a local bank. A beautiful sunny day and calm seas, 76 degrees. We could see the Mackinac bridge from 30 miles away. We arrived at St. Ignace Marina at 2:15 and met Tom & Mary there. We visited, grocery shopped, had wine & beer, and went out for a fish dinner. It was great to see them again.

`Clapperton Island,Ontario To De Tour Village,MI

We departed our anchorage at 6:05 and had 2-3 foot seas until 1 p.m. We stopped at Drummond Island to check into customs at 4:00 under sunny skies and 75 degrees. We were then on our way at 5:00 in the rain. We arrived at De Tour Village Marina at 6:10, cruised 91 miles today.
Joe & Arvilla

Strawberry Island,Ontario To Clapperton Island,Ontario

We departed our beautiful anchorage at 6:10. Another smooth and sunny day. We arrived at Little Current only to find out that the swing bridge is down for repair--only 18 feet of clearance. So, we had to take down the mast. We then proceeded thru the bridge and were on our way. We arrived at out anchorage at 5:10 and shared the anchorage with 8 other boats after 82 miles of cruising. The high temp for today is 74 deg. with afternoon thunderstorms.
Joe & Arvilla

Sans Souci,Ontario To !0 Miles South of Hartly Bay,Ontario On Georgian Bay

On Tuesday we cruised 81 miles between rock islands all day long. When they say Georgian Bay has 30,000 islands they mean it. Some of the islands have houses others are just rocks. Beautiful sunny day with a high of 71 degrees and calm seas. That is a favorite of Arvilla's.
Joe & Arvilla

Port Severn,Ontario To Sans Souci,Ontario

We spent Sunday at Lock 45- had a spectacular evening with a beautiful sunset. Tom & Mary departed the boat on Monday morning. Sorry to see them leave as we had a great time with them. We then enjoyed visiting with a ham friend from the area. He has provided a lot of our email service. We then departed thru lock 45 at noon, and arrived at our anchorage at 5:45. It was a sunny day and half of the day was great the rest had 2-3 foot waves. Not one of Arvilla's favorite days. Cruised 40 miles.
Temp 73 degs.
Joe & Arvilla