Travel with Albion - Friday - July 4

Our original plan was to travel 50 miles today to Grand Marais.  Grand Marais is a destination and has limited slips available for transient boaters.  So with the busy 4^th weekend we opted to sleep in and sail 20 miles up to Taconite Harbor.  Taconite is a rock that contains iron ore. They crush up the taconite rocks and remove the iron ore.  Silver Bay was built around a taconite processing plant which is still in operation.  The plant at Taconite  harbor is now closed, but the name remains.  Despite the plants the waters are very clear. 

 

Off the port today were red rock cliffs, rolling green hills, and cliff side retreats built on the rocks.  The shore line remains quite inhospitable with the rocky cliffs.  This section must be a post card with the winter ice. 

 

Following wind today and a few small waves.  We sailed wing to wing but the winds were light at best.  Superior is a deep lake, over 500 feet depth was consistently on our depth gauge.  A laid back sunny 4^th on the North Shore. 

 

Our harbor is very small, 2 other boat here and we have not seen their owners.  We are swinging on a mooring ball surrounded by rocky shores.  We blew up our kayak and explored shore, nothing here but wild flowers.  Enjoying the moments.