Byng Inlet to Little Current

I am not including photos this time because our WiFi connection seems to be so slow that it times out before the photos are uploaded. They were great photos too!!!!
Our first night out of Byng Inlet was at the Bustard Islands where we anchored at the end of Gun Barrell. This was an interesting anchorage. Several of us anchored the bow and tied the stern to the shore which was a first for us. We were very close to shore which was a bit uncomfortable at first. We all fished and dingyed around the anchorage. The next day we entered Beaverstone Bay and went on into Mill Lake to anchor for the night. We began to see the white granite mountains in the distance to the north. In Mill Lake we met two looper boats we had not met before. One of the boats was from Wilmington, NC and they know Ron and Connie.


The next morning we traveled the Collins Inlet on into Killarney. The inlet is very narrow and lined with steep walls of granite. Barbara and Jim on Golden Lily saw a bear along the way. We had expected to have WiFi at Killarney but it was not available. We had mail sent to Killarney but it did not arrive before we left. Muriel loved Killarney, she said it made her feel like she was in the TV program Northern Exposure. It is that kind of town. We ate fish and chips at the red bus. They clean the fish on a fishing tug behind the bus and cook and serve the fish right from the boat. Our group took our dingys out to a popular anchorage called Covered Portage just to see the area and view the Indian head in the rocks. This is a place where the rocks look like the profile of a head when viewed from the correct place. There were 11 looper boats in Killarney before we left so we all got toghther for cocktails on the dock across the channel from town, 24 loopers. The party carried on into the night.


We left the next day about 11:30 am and ran to Baie Fine. This is one of the few fijords in North America. We ran to the end of the bay and passed through a narrow and shollow pass and then continued about another mile or two to the end of the bay, called the pool. This was a very protected anchorage. In the morning we all dingyed ashore and hiked up the mountain to Topaz Lake. This is a small lake in the granite near the top of the mountain. The water is topaz blue and very pretty. We found plentiful blue berries and together picked a ziploc bag full of berries. We were also able to take pictures looking down from the top into the pool where the boads were anchored. We did not get away until about 11:30 am again and ran into Little Current where the channel has a low bridge which opens on the hour for 15 minutes. We got there just as the bridge was closing so we had to wait for 45 minutes. Finally got into town and into the Spider Bay Marina which does have WiFi. We had an e-mail from the boat from Wilmington. They said the post master in Killarney got our mail on Friday and gave it to them to bring to us in Little Current. They will be here today, Saturday. Where else can you be for two days and the post master knows you well enough to find your mail and trust someone else to bring it to you. We love this place. Got to go, Carlie needs to go for her morning walk.

We got our mail yesterday. We walked into town to go to the farmer's market and ETC had arrived and was at the town dock, our mail in hand. Muriel bought some produce while I bought sweet rolls for a snack. Shelly finally found some moccasins which she has looked for since we got to Canada. It rained off and on all day and thunderstorms moved in during the late afternoon. We were in town again when it became evident the storms were coming. Shelly took off for the boat about 3/8 mile away (she was nearly running to beat the thunderstorm) and Muriel and I joined Peggy and Guy for a visit with Dianne and Lewis on Bella Luna. Afterward Muriel and Peggy walked to the grocery store while Guy and I hung out with Bella Luna. They finally returned with a person from the store driving them. We all rode back to the marina. We found Shelly lying on Blue Max. She had stubbed her toe on a cleat as she got to the boat. The toe looks bad. She said when she pulled her shoe off the toe was on top the toe next to it and then popped back into place. It is lacerated below the toe where it meets her foot. Looks painful.

It rained all night and is still raining today. Temperature in the high 50's wind to 30 knots and rain. This is the first day we have been held up for weather in some time. The forecast is for better weather for the next few days. We will probably be back in the US in about o week.