A beautiful Blue Sky sunshine morning in our harbor today. It gets cold down in the cabin in the morning with the boat sitting in the cold water. So when we open the hatch and go out we are met with nice warm air.
Smooth calm seas again today. So far on Superior we have experienced more calm weather then any other of the Great Lakes. All this water and every day during our travels we see no other boats. The scenery is spectacular, the air crisp and fresh, and the water clean and clear. There is a fair amount of development along the Minnesota North Shore, cabins, huge vacation homes, townhouse complexes. No boats at these developments, not even Kayaks. It tells you that Superior is not normally so friendly. She has been very kind to us thus far. I guess these folk in the cabins just enjoy coming and watching her performance from shore. There are mountains (1700 Ft) on shore to enjoy. We passed a ski area that must be a cold one in winter. But the view would be wonderful. Our view from a few miles off sure was.
The ankle biters were with us today. I guess they can fly a few miles over water on a calm day. We arrived at Grand Marais Harbor early afternoon. A nice destination, an entry point to the boundary waters, canoes everywhere. We had a nice dinner on shore; re stocked the provisions, and did some laundry. We depart today (Sunday) for Grand Portage and from there over to Isle Royal to see if we hear any wolves howling from our anchorage. It may be a while before we have access to the internet, watch us on Spot if you're wondering…
Paul
Grand Marais Harbor.
