Penetangushene to Byng Inlet

The Blue Max coming around the rock where Muriel thought we could not go. The second is Muriel swimming at Port Rawson Bay. The thire is "you mean we came through that narrow channel!!!" The fourth is our "Drink on the Rocks" party. The last photo is Shelly and Chip from Ithaka with the carin the built at the "Drink on the Rocks" site.



Seems like a lot of time and water has passed since we last were able to blog. We have been in areas so remote that cell service was not available. The cookout we shared in Penetanguishene with the other loopers was a great time. There was a happy and a sad side to the evening. Our first cruising friends on Bella Luna came into the marina in the afternoon. It was great to see them again, we had not seen them since New Jersey because they went on up through Lake Champlain to Montreal. The sad part was that Buddy, thier super sweet Black Lab, was in very bad health and had to be put down that evening. We all cried a little for them and for Buddy.




We left the next morning after having breakfast with Southern Comfort and Bella Luna on Bella Luna. Our group of four boats made the short trip to Frying Pan Bay on Beausoleil Island. This was our first anchorage in a long time. It was beautiful to be anchored in such surroundings.




On Monday we made another short trip to Twelve Mile Bay and anchored in the first cove to starboard after entering the Bay. Another beautiful anchorage. This was the first time we all went swimming since our evening dip in the port at Orilla. The next day we went on to Port Rawson Bay. This is a small bay at the end of about six miles of winding channel through breath taking scenery. At one place the channel got so obscure that Muriel looked across a small amount of water which probably was not six inches deep and exclaimed "We can't get through there!" We could see a 50 foot Sea Ray coming toward us on the other side. When he disappeared behind some rocks we knew we could make it too. We all swam again and fished and really enjoyed Port Rawson Bay. We took a dingy ride around some of the islands in the area and did some exploring on shore.



The next day we ran back down the channel and went to Killbear Marina. We met the boat Golden Lilly again at Killbear. We had seen them several times along the way and now there are five of us. We all left the next morning and went to Hopewell Bay and anchored for the night. There was another looper boat already in the anchorage when we arrived. Adagio was also a boat we had seen several times along the way so we invited them to join all of us for a drink "on the rocks" at five o'clock. We all dingyed over to the rocks on the shore to enjoy some conversation and beverage on the rocks. We were all very proud of Elieen on Blue Max when she got off the boat and into the dingy for the trip to shore. (She would not miss the social hour!) She had knee replacement shortly before their departure and has come a long way in manuvering on the boat. We all fished hard all afternoon and Chip on Ithaka was the only one to catch any thing.



On Friday we traveled on to Byng Inlet and Wright's Marina at Britt for two nights to fuel up with the most reasonable fuel in Georgian Bay and have WiFi. The women borrowed the marina's van and got into the general store for a little grocery shopping, they even have fresh baked goods. We will leave in the morning for the Bustard Islands and then the French River and on to Killarney. It will be a few days before we will be able to access the internet again. Everyone here says this is where the Bay is most beautiful. We are only making 1o to 20 miles each day, but we can not by pass all the beautiful anchorages.