August 8 – Wednesday

Sunrise brought clouds this morning. The woman dock manager came running out to throw off the lines as each of us boaters were departing (maybe 8 transients in last night). Her run was not a short distance either. She told us on departure that we have a “Cute Little Boat”. No question, we win the smallest vessel award.

We sailed close to the winds with Full sails most of the day. The navigation was intricate with numerous Islands and Shoals as we worked our way into the Whaleback area. . We are now in the Canadian Shield (This means bedrock!). Kimberly’s word is gorgeous. Rocks, iron ore substrate layers that look orange, very green trees, and crystal clear water. We attempted to capture the moments to take home via camera, but you have to be here. .

This was a Monarch day! Kimberly says they hang out until the winds start blowing in their direction. So perhaps that explains why we see so many certain days.

Chester our neighbor has a great deal of experience on Lake Superior and was very much an encourager that Albion is an ok vessel for the journey. 150 miles between ports is a long way though. But there are numerous small protected harbors we can sneak into.

There is something about coming in to a harbor from sea that causes those on shore to welcome you and take you in like nothing else I have experienced. We had one of those evenings. Glenda the harbor masters wife took Pat and Kimberly 15K to get provisions. They invited us up to use their yacht club where we all cooked a wonderful meal (9 of us). AND it turns out Chester can really play the guitar (along with another man from our harbor). They played, Yolanda was at times the melody and we all sang till 11:30. That is really late for me.

Jupiter is huge tonight, with Antares red tints below. The stars over Albion are amazing! The milky way is huge!! Pat keeps saying, just think, we are part of that! Goodnight..Fair winds tomorrow..