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Kismet’s… Welcome Home!!! Charlevoix, Michigan – 7/1/06
We are so excited to be coming home to Charlevoix, all of our friends and family. We got quite a reception from our boating buddies at the bridge as we approached. It was fun to see them run from there to our slip to help us dock. Our friendly harbor m…
Last Day – Mackinaw Island, Michigan USA – 6/30/06
This was, for us, two days of winding down, reflection and some private celebrating before we set off on the last leg of our trip, to Charlevoix.We took a long hike around the upper Island and had, at our favorite lunch restaurant, bloody Mary’s. Then …
Mackinaw Island, Michigan USA – 6/29-30/06
We left in somewhat rough waters but not too bad. We were surprised by how many empty slips in Mackinaw Island. They are usually full this time of year. We arrived late afternoon as one of our engines was acting up, we think from some bad gas we got a …
Presque Isle, Michigan USA – 6/28/06
We left Wednesday morning to cross Lake Huron. We got up about 5:00 and left our anchorage with a beautiful sunrise and mostly clear skies, calm waters for the most part but heavy fog a few miles out that lasted until we were almost on top of Presque I…
Penetanguishene / Lion’s Head / Tobermory, Georgian Bay-Canada – 6/25-27/06
We spent one night at Beacon Bay Marina. Had a great dinner, at Scully’s, in Midland with Rick and Mary, on the other Kismet, and left the next morning for Lion’s Head Marina in Lion’s Head, Ontario. Didn’t do much as the weather was rather gloomy. Tue…
Trent Severn Waterway-Canada – Big Chute Marine Railway and the LAST LOCK!!! – 6/25/06
Today we left our peaceful anchorage and headed for the Big Chute Marine Railway just a few miles up river from where we anchored.We approached the carriage contraption that they load the boats on and they loaded a sailboat on the front side and loaded…
Trent Severn Waterway-Severn Falls, Canada – 6/23-24/06
Our mission was to go off the channel today to find a remote anchorage, a few miles south of the Big Chute Marine Railway, for a couple of days. We were successful in finding the perfect spot tucked away in The Lost Channel. It is quiet here except for…
Trent Severn Waterway-Gamebridge, Canada – 6/22/06
The area after Fenelon Falls brought us through some very shallow and weedy water. Also along this patch we were in about 5 miles of canal that was similar to a small gorge with walls of rock on both sides and no room for any on coming boats to pass. I…
