2019 RV/Boat

Gore Bay was nice, but we didn’t want to wear out our welcome there and based on the forecast, if we didn’t move today, it might be a couple days before we had the conditions required to make the run back to Michigan waters.

So up at 5:30 am, shower and make coffee and toast for Kathy and we’re ready to shove off as the sun just begins to peek over the eastern bluff of Gore Bay.

We were in motion at 6:30 am heading out of the harbor.

Pointing the boat to the NW, we were looking at a calm bay. 

Off we went bound for Drummond Island where we would contact USA customs agents.

Exiting the bay and turning west we enjoyed an hour of good travel.

After that, conditions deteriorated some…

…and we ran dead straight into 2’-3’ waves taking a little bow spray onto the windshield from time to time.

We ran in conditions like that for at least two hours.  Sometimes a little better but it never got any worse so we didn’t feel threatened at all.

We finally got to enjoy a little relief from the lea side of the islands and the running improved.

We entered a choppy Potagannissing Bay on the north shore of Drummond Island and stopped at the marina there to pass through USA customs.

After that chore, we crossed a windy Detour Channel to the Detour State Harbor.

After taking enough fuel to safely make it the rest of the way to Mackinaw City, we were assisted into slip #21.

Looking south across the typical empty marina, the flags near the Drummond Island ferry are snapping.

Marinas must be real money pits these days.  There aren't very many boats that utilize these places except in select tourist locations and every one is staffed by a half dozen employees...or more.

So we settled into the slip with a view out across the head of the St. Marys River channel where the freighters pass on their way to and from the locks at Sault Ste. Marie. 

So the wind continues to snap the flag which was so violent on the trip this morning that the Canadian flag I had up ended up tattered and frayed.  Oh well, won’t need that one for a while anyway.

Here we’ll sit as the skies to the NW darken and promise some much needed rain to the north land...just don't need all the wind.

We think we’ll get some decent water to travel on tomorrow afternoon.  If not, Saturday looks good to put the period at the end of this voyage.

372 miles traveled.

40 miles to go.