Covered Portage, Baie Fine, and Little Current

After a nice dinner with fellow loopers from Kismet, Cbay, Seabiscuit and Seabatical at Killarney Mountain Lodge Friday night, we left Killarney for a short cruise to Covered Portage on Saturday morning.  Rusty and Dean helped us back out of our slip.  Its always nice to have extra hands.   

Neat lounge which looks just as it did when built in 1957

We had center seats to Sportsman's  Boat-In Theater.

We were able to get anchored pretty quickly and then we were off for a climb to the top of a ridge that over looks the harbor.  It was a beautiful sight to see the blue water with several boats at anchor. The weather was perfect, sunny and about 80 degrees.   

Intrance to Covered Portage

Passport at anchor Covered Portage

Remnants of an old shipwreck in the inner harbor.

We were surprised to see the majority of the boats anchoring out side of the inner harbor as we did not have any difficulties with the depth inside.  It was about 6 feet in most areas.

Sunday we were off to Baie Fine after pulling our anchor.  It was another great day to travel.  I think the last time we had traveled this area we were behind a sail boat as we went through some of the narrow and shallow spots. This time no such luck, but after all these many miles and a year more of experience we made it back with out any problems. When we arrived at the Pool we were very surprised to see just one other boat anchored.  This is one of the more popular anchoring areas in the North Channel so we had expected it to be filled with fellow boaters.  We lowered the dingy and went off to explore.  We did see a very large moose in the woods, a green frog and what looked like a snapping turtle, with lots of little fish.  Wish the grandkids had been hear.

Captian Grandpa

Freddy the green frog.

Tommy the turtle.

Fisherman John?

Placid water in the pool.

Monday morning we slept in until 7:30 and the other boat in The Pool had already left.  We knew that some of our fellow loopers were planning on coming today so we decided to hike up to Lake Topaz.  It is about a 30 minute hike to the top and it is well worth the effort.  The water is crystal clear and as named the color of Topaz.  John was smart in wearing his suit and was able to enjoy the refreshing waters.  

Views of Lake Topaz

Going in

Coming out

When we returned Seabiscuit, Kismet and Cbay were anchored and by the end of the day we had a total of 26 boats in The Pool.  What a change from the night before.  We had rain overnight and it is very much needed in these areas.

Tuesday morning we got up early as we needed to untie a line that John had tied from the stern of Passport to a tree on shore, plus pull up and clean a very weedy anchor.  We were under way by 6 am.  It was still looking like rain and we did have a little on our way out of Baie Fine but as we headed to Little Current the sky was somewhat clearing. 

There were periods of sunshine in the late afternoon.

We were able to make it under the 18foot bridge in Little Current shortly after 9 am.  We needed to refuel and have a pump out so stopped at Wally’s before heading to The Town Docks.  It was interesting with the strong current running to get tied up and then to assist others as they came in. We again enjoyed dinner with our friends from Kismet and Cbay even though the service was very slow but the company and conversation made up for  it.

Wednesday we did the usual provisioning and laundry and shopping.  John ran errands while I had my hair done.  We plan on leaving tomorrow and doing mostly anchoring so we will have no internet coverage and iffy cell coverage.  

Mailing the last set of post cards to the Grandkids

Our plans are to be back in Mackinaw somewhere around mid August. It’s hard for us to believe this journey is nearly finished. The plus side is that  we are very much looking forward to seeing Christy, Kate, Jack and Will when we get back to the cottage along with cousins Barbie and Catherine.

We are going to be anchoring for the next week and cell service will be spotty at best.  We will try keep you all posted as we can.

XXX’s and OOO’s

Mary and John