July 18th-July 24th: Georgian Bay

Wow!!  Two updates within a week.  Yes, we are in another marina that has Wi-Fi.  We are now in the Georgian Bay, about halfway across.  The last week we were at anchor with friends Margaret and David Tovell.  They shared many of their favorite anchorages with us and they were all beautiful.  Great swimming and time together.  We had to leave them yesterday at Parry Sound, one of the larger communities on the Bay, where we continued on and they made their way back to their marina in Honey Harbor.  We moved on to Byng Inlet (you can see our location at
http://greatloop.org/mod/aglcalocator/membermap.php?id=4500) where we rejoined Bonnie and Charlie Burke.
   
The Georgian Bay is known as the "Land of Thirty Thousand Islands" - and we have pictures of them all! Many islands, some large, some small; some inhabited with cottages, some barren.  It is a beautiful area that provides wonderful boating as long as you are not scared off by some of the very narrow passages between rocks that must be navigated to gain access to the anchorages.  The water can be surprisingly warm (as you will be able to tell by the pictures) and is crystal clear.

The Boyz have been good with a few exciting adventures to include Mufasa's near encounter with a Canadian rattle snake, but that is too long a story. Enjoy the pictures.



The Tovells with us during some sightseeing




Byng Inlet Lighthouse



Port Au Baril Lighthouse.  We had to go out into the main part
of the Georgian Bay because the small boat channel was too narrow
in this section for GREAT ESCAPE.

Typical cottage in the Georgian Bay

We get to see all modes of water transportation

Someone looks intent;someone looks bored

This is Henry's Fish camp, a fish restaurant located on an island
in the middle of the Georgian Bay (We stopped last time and
were disappointed - Jimmy Carroll's fish fry is better)

Dave Tovell - the Chef

A man shouldn't drink alone

Margaret Tovell in Parry Sound

Another Georgian Bay lighthouse

PANACHE V - The Tovell's home away from home in the summer

Another cottage

A typical narrow passage in the Georgian Bay

No need to cut grass at this cottage

Everyone in the water

Relaxing at anchor

Which way do I go ??

Teresa and Margaret.  I told you the water was warm

The Boyz relaxing

Watch PANACHE V disappear around this little passage

Around the rock

Out at last

Do you think they want you to go slow through here?

                                     

This is the kind of scenery in the entire Georgian Bay