Where WhimSea Takes Us

After a good night's sleep we off loaded the rest of Debi's stuff from the boat and said goodbye and made coffee. We were off the dock by 7:15 and on our way to Isle Royale. We were hoping for good wind and a quick run to Windigo.

It's 30 miles from Thunder Bay to Windigo and 120 miles from Windigo to Knife River. Since we have to clear custom's, we'll need to make a quick stop at Windigo at a minimum. The plan was to touch and then keep going towards home, if the wind cooperated.

We were only at Windigo for about 15 minutes, then we headed back up the Washington Channel. There was some wind coming down the channel making it seem like there was more wind on the lake then there actually was. On the lake, we really just had lumps.

The overnight passage was spectacular. There were very few clouds over the lake, affording us a marvelous view of the stars and the milky way. With no moon in sight, there were a number of falling stars as well.

Along the shoreline, thunderstorms were building and provided us a light show with every flash of light. Luckily though we didn't get wet on the way home.

We made it back to the marina by around noon or so on Saturday. Troy and I had a nice long shower, followed by Beacon Berry Burgers at the Lighthouse and a long nap through the heat of the day.