John and Mary's Loop Adventure: Familar Waters

Thursday we had decided to get an early start as the wind and waves were predicted to increase later in the day. There was still a light mist when pulled anchor at 7:00am. We didn’t have it too bad as we were in the lee of the Bustard Islands. The La Cloche Mountains were peaking out from the clouds and while they would have stood out more against a bright blue sky they were still impressive. We decided to push on to Killarney and skip Collins Inlet. Bill and Pam were going to anchor one more night in Collins Inlet and arrive at Killarney on Friday.

Storms that we missed

As we approached Killarney we are now in familiar territory. There will no longer be something new to see around the corner. Granted we haven’t been here in the North Channel for 15 years so there is still great excitement of what is to come. Killarney looked the same for the most part. Sportsman’s Inn has been totally rebuilt and the facility is very nice. We decided to do laundry but one of the dryer coin mechanisms was not working so there was only one dryer. After a while the owner came by to look at it. When she got it open I found John, he started messing with it. It took him a bit but he got it apart and figured out what was wrong with it and fixed it. Then there was the challenge to get it back together. By the time I was done with the laundry he had success.

After the laundry we had lunch at the fish bus and later in the evening walked over to the Killarney Mountain Lodge for a drink in the circle bar. This was built as a company retreat for a large trucking company in the late 50’s. Walking into the bar is like walking back in time over 50 years. The last time we were here was with the Christy and Kelly the summer we bought our Sea Ray. They were in college at the time and we thought they were past taking family vacations with Mom and Dad but jumped at the chance for another trip to the North Channel this time with a hot shower and a little more room. We stayed at the lodge and took them to the bar and bought them their first drinks. I know it wasn’t their first drink but it was the first ones we ever bought for them. It sure brought back some good memories sitting in the bar again.