Sunny Days: Bad River-Killarney

The winds and rain did come in for a damp dreary Happy Birthday Friday, Fitz spent the day in the engine compartment with a project and I read a book and people watched. Wright’s is a haven for the people who live in the cottages on the rocks. From Thursday evening until we left Saturday morning there was a steady stream of people meeting up along with their coolers, generators and suitcases getting in their fishing boats and moving onto their rock/cottages—the parking lot had 3 times the cars as there were spaces for boats. Friday night we got cleaned up and went to a nice dinner -- took the courtesy car a couple of miles down the gravel road to St. Amant’s Restaurant. We heard from family and good friends with birthday wishes so we were in the mood to celebrate another birthday. Saturday we set out for the Bad River anchorage where we met up with Captain’s Choice for some dingy exploring of the rapids (3 rivers come together for some spectacular scenery. We were sad to miss Charley and Elizabeth’s wedding in Maryville so we had a glass of wine in their honor right at 7pm as they spoke their vows in Tennessee. Sunday morning started with a bright sunny sky but quickly allowed fog to take over. We theorize that it rolled in from the Georgian Bay and the Bad River is a maze of rocks so navigating out of our anchorage will not happen until the fog burns off—not a problem –we have no set schedule. After noon we had a rocky ride to Mill Lake at Collins Inlet and very windy when we entered the skinny channel. Found an anchorage along with 6 others (including Captain’s Choice) and rode out the wind—by nightfall (which is 10pm!) the wind settled and we had a wonderful calm and starry night. Killarney was only 15 miles from Mill Lake so we got there bright and early. Here they have the World Famous Herbert Fisheries (Fish and Chips to die for), a grocery and a Boat-In (Drive-In) Theatre --can’t wait to see what is showing tonight.