Further North Still

After a chill Saturday evening we all woke up early Sunday morning to move on. Nautoncall were heading in a different direction so we said goodbye to them. Our three other boats set off to Killarney, towards the top of the Bay. We were racing against some incoming weather and along the way we passed through some thick fog. Kathy from Salty Dog called ahead and made reservations at a marina for all three of us. The Killarney Mountain Resorts. It was an exceptionally cool place. Your ideal cabin in the woods on steroids ๐Ÿ˜†. The main building had it’s own light house and octagon bar with a 360ยฐ fire stove. It looked even cooler at night.

We walked down to another locally famous fish and chips restaurant, making it the third fish and chips and only meal I’ve eaten out for dinner while in Canada. I’m thinking I’m going to call it my fish and chips tour and do a running review ๐Ÿ˜. This one was very good, I’d put it in second place so far.

There was also a gift shop next door we popped into, and I made a new friend.

There was just enough time left in the day to go see the world’s largest paddle. Don and Skia are in the picture, behind and to the left of the red chairs.

22,000 lbs, 110.5 ft long, 17ft wide

Monday morning before we left we hit up, can anyone guess…a bakery! Shocking I know. But hey, when in Rome…or Canada. This one also had fresh baked bread still warm that they sliced for you too. Soooo good!

The three of us then headed to a nearby anchorage. It was a beautiful spot, surrounded by pines and rocks. The three boats rafted together, and as a little rain came in we met on Salty Dog and taught them one of Don’s family favorite games. We brought Skia over with us and she and Zeus both wanted to be with the people so it was a fluff cuddle party.

The rain brought a cool fog and smoothed out the water

Tuesday morning we took the dingy to the end of the little cove we were in where there was a trail leading to the top and wild blueberries patches. The views were pretty spectacular. While we were up there, Steve and Ann from New Adventure came out on their dingy and got pictures of us from below.

Those are our three boats down there, but you can’t really see our baby boat on the other side

We found the blueberry patches. They were cute little ones but very tasty.

There was going to be some more weather coming through so we decided to move on a little further to Marianne’s Cove. Another protected anchorage our tour guides on Salty Dog knew about. We rafted up again and Ann introduced me to Triominos. Domino’s in a tripled triangle format. ๐Ÿ˜ฏ

More dingy’ing around
The water was so clear you could see almost to the bottom and all the little fish

Wednesday was when the winds came, but we were protected in the cove so we just hung out. Brian and Kathy taught us another really fun new game. After a dinner break, and dingy ride for cell reception we finished the game around almost 11:30! Our latest night by far. We are up with the sun these days so that is quite late.

This morning things had calmed down so we moved on. Salty Dog were headed towards home from here so we parted ways with them, and couldn’t thank them enough for guidance and company these last several days. New Adventure and us were still headed in the same direction so we motored to a marina in Little Current. We went grocery shopping and checked out some of the local shops. One of them had fish I swear were radio active. They seemed particularly bright to me lol.

Brian had recommended this one Brewery, so we headed there for dinner. I had overhead a woman telling her grandchildren about a really good ice cream place, so of course we went there too.

Tomorrow we are aiming for a location with an actual waterfall. So we shall see. ๐Ÿค” Stay tuned for the verdict!

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