Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Yesterday morning we left Little Current after fueling up and getting pumped out.  So, we are good to go.  (ha ha).  We cruised along the North Channel for 6 hours and ended up anchored behind Vidal Island.  We thought we were there alone, but when our anchor decided to drag at 10:30 P.M. and we moved into a better position because of a shift in wind, we found that there was also a sailboat in the bay with us.  During the night, the wind picked up and we bobbed around pretty good.  John was up from 1:00 on.  I got up around 2:00 and took my turn watching the GPS to make sure we weren't going anywhere.  We were fine, but not comfortable without keeping watch.

This morning, we left early and headed out with no particular destination in mind.  We cruised along looking at the beautiful scenery.  When we decided about how long we wanted to cruise, since we were both tired from lack of sleep last night, we started calling marinas.  We needed to find a place where we could check in with Customs and where they had room for us for the night.  We called Mackinac Island Marina, Mackinaw City Marina, De Tours Marina, and Drummond Island Yacht Haven.  We ended up at Drummond Island Yacht Haven.  The Customs official visited our boat and we were checked in 20 minutes after arriving.  We had a nice day on the water, stopping at 1:45.  We enjoyed our time in Canada, meeting a lot of really nice folks, but it's nice to be back in the States again too.

Scenery while cruising.  I love my life!!!