WhimSea's Log

We're leaving the island and on our way to Thunder Bay. It's always hard to say goodbye to Isle Royale. There are so many areas not yet explored. The anchorage at Five Finger Bay was pretty awesome. There were little islands and islets everywhere it seemed. The island has some pretty awesome rock formations.

Today we'll pick up Dave and Debi in Thunder Bay, re-provision and then tomorrow make our way to the Slate's. There's some trepidation about anchorages on the Slate's. Troy has found a couple that might work. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

I've only been to Thunder Bay once, by car. Of course Troy and boys were up last year with the TransSuperior and they got an opportunity to see the city from the water. The entry into the harbor was pretty amazing. The Sleeping Giant looks over the harbor and there are lighthouses on the islands on the entry. It was pretty amazing.

There's even a building on the base of the Sleeping Giant, check it out:

We arrived at Thunder Bay Marina to find it under construction, which meant no power on the docks. Oh well, I guess we'll be staying off the grid for a while longer.

We fueled up and watered up and got a pump out, then went to our slip to tie up for the evening. I called Dave & Debi and found out where they were on the drive. It appears we had a little time before they would arrive, so we decided to walk up for some lunch.

We walked up to a little Italian restaurant a few blocks away and had a quick bite. Then we returned to the marina and off loaded garbage and watched the world go by.

We were taking a walk up to the Yacht club building to watch the small boat race in progress when I spotted Dave and Debi walking down to the boat. so we came back and met up with them, said a quick hello and got to work unloading their car and loading up WhimSea. Before we put everything away, we walked up to the steakhouse, the Prospector. The boys had visited this place last year during the TransSuperior race and enjoyed the food and the service. We had a good dinner and finished up in time to get back to the boat and begin unloading before the fireworks started. It was Canada Day after all.

The first boom hit, Troy was watching out from the cockpit and Dave was up the companionway like a shot. I joined them and all three of us hollered for Debi. We were perfectly situated for the fireworks since we were facing the park and they were being blown off there.

The fireworks were pretty awesome. Not quite as good as last year's Fourth of July on Rain or Shine, but still pretty darn good.

We finished unpacking/packing WhimSea and brought the last load to the car before heading to bed.