Eagles, falcon, and water snakes oh my!

We met Brian's sister Christine and brother in law Marc at the town docks in Little Current.  From there, we sailed to our favourite spot, the Benjamins.  The island is mostly covered with granite and the trees look like pictures out of Dr. Seuss' books.  There used to be a sand beach but it is now underwater as the lake is 4 feet and 4 inches over chart datum.  We did a lot of swimming and cards and board games.  Christine was the champion of "Walk the Plank".  We also explored the Benjamins by hiking the island as well as circling the island by dinghy. The views from the top of the island are spectacular.

We also took our dinghy out at night to catch the beautiful sunsets.

The next day we all headed to Bell Cove.  Christine and I fished and had several bites but did not bring any onboard.

Additional pictures to prove we had fun!

We sailed back to Little Current and joined Roy Eaton for his Cruiser's Net broadcast.  Each morning at 9am he has a VHF program that allows cruisers to call in their boat locations and any questions they may have.  He also provides local/world news stories as well as an update on the weather at the beginning of his program.  Here's a picture of Brian and me with Roy.

After the broadcast, Christ and Marc left.  Brian's childhood friend, Rick arrived with his kids, mother, aunt and uncle.  We took them to Rous Island for lunch on the boat.  We shared many stories and laughs, but the visit was too short as they needed to go back to Sudbury.  After taking them back to Little Current, Brian and I returned to Rous Island for the night.  While Brian worked on caulking our toe rail and replacing the anchor wash pump, I did the laundry.

That anchorage was active with wildlife.  We shaw a couple of eagles, a falcon, and 3 water snakes for which one tried to board our boat.

We left the next morning for Clapperton and stayed for a couple nights as it afforded great shelter from high winds and rain.  I tried fishing and managed to catch a clump of mussels.  The one mussel managed to eat the worm on my hook.

Morning of July 12th, we enjoyed a sail to Gore Bay.  After lunch, we walked downtown and enjoyed ice cream and beer.

I'm not sure how it started but there is a red chair in our home port of Sarnia, and he/she who sits in it has to tell a story.  Here in Gore Bay, they must have big stories and big white lies to tell.