Tuesday July 29th

 

We have returned to Thunder Bay and will launch tomorrow on our last segment of the Great Lakes Circumnavigation.  I can't believe we are about to finish.  This Great Lakes adventure has far exceeded our wildest expectations.  So we begin with a combination of sadness and excitement.

 

But let's not get ahead of ourselves here, were not finished yet.  This next two weeks will the most rugged and remote of any we have done.  Long distances for a small boat, with very few opportunities to get fuel or provisions.  A rocky shore, with cliffs and long distances (100+ miles) with out roads or towns.  Islands with just Caribou.  Mark has joined up. He has the right skills and personality for this next venture. He has brought his fishing gear, so we won't starve!  I am quite happy to have him along.   We have 7-9 days of food and enough fuel to travel 120 miles without sailing.  If the weather picks up we will be tucked in a rocky cove for, well, who knows how long.  And once we come out we could still have many miles and anchorages to travel to town.

 

I have no idea when the next log will be.   Best case 2 or 3 days perhaps, worse case, 2 weeks.   Watch the spot, but understand the terrain could keep the signal from getting out if we are in that rocky cove. 

 

The weather in Thunder Bay today is much warmer, in the 60's,  fog tonight... But as it goes up north, that could change quickly.   Paul…