Wednesday August 29

We pulled up the hook this morning and departed amongst the foggy mist for Pointe Au Baril Station. It will be nice to stay at a dock tonight. Not enough power left to run the coffee grinder, no showers since Killarney, our fresh water tank is getting low, and we could use a few provisions. Next year on Superior we will need to carry more water. Last nights charting was the most tedious I have ever done. Rather then 30,000 Islands, it could be called 100,000 rocks. Negotiating our way around quite scenic but hazardous rock gardens was the theme of our morning. I have never seen anything like this. They tell me it is like the Greek Islands. It amazes me that we traveled over 6 hours and saw one small fishing boat from a local cottage.

We made our way out to the Open Bay, sailed southward and then in the 5 mile channel to the Station. The channel had numerous quant cottages and large homes built upon the rocks. Point Au Baril Station is back a road off highway 69 and the cottage owners use it for boat access to their cottages. We saw a few Real Estate listings for these Island homes; 1.5 million seems the going price. I would love to winter over in one of those places. A thought for when I am 80.

Turns out there is not much at the station. No power, no water, no shower! We were able to hike out to the Highway and make a few calls, and get some Ice Cream. I did find a plug at the light house and ground some coffee beans though.. So life is good….

I imagine about now a few of you may be wondering what happened to Albion, no emails. Well, at this point who knows when we will find access?

Paul..