50 Cove, Our Favorite

Our trip across the top of Georgian Bay started out well. The sun was shining, the winds were light and it was a perfect temperature. As we cleared the harbour, a fully loaded tour bus passed in front of us and threw a huge wake. Randy turned the boat and steered into the wake, but wow, things went flying. We forgot to give Tug his happy pills before we left so he wasn't too happy. It's better late than never, and the pills kicked in a couple of hours into the trip. The Chicheemaun went by heading back to Tobemory. Its a pretty impressive ship. Once we were out in open water, we started seeing white caps, and the ride got a little bouncy. Randy hand steered for a couple of hours, and we were very happy to see Red Rock and the entrance to Kilarney. We love this little town, we decided to take the long way to our anchorage so we could cruise through town. As we were getting close to town, we saw a float plane getting ready to land. It was tied to the dock at the liquor store when we passed by. The Kilarney Mountain Lodge built some beautiful new cabins, and the log conference center is just gorgeous. The town was pretty quiet, a few boats at the Mountain Lodge, but only three at the Sportsman. One at the Sportsman was almost 80 feet, though. Mike Ranta, a character Randy follows on Facebook paddled by us in his canoe with his dog Spitzi. He and Randy greeted each other like old friends. As we approached our anchorage, one of the cottagers was leaving in their float plane. It took off right in front of us, very cool. I tried to take a video, but I didn’t hit the correct button. Oops. We were really excited when we saw 50 Cove was empty. The water is down this year, so we went in super slow. We have 6 feet of water, which is a little less than what we'd like, but the bottom is mucky with really good holding, so we dropped our anchor. It is so beautiful here we are going to stay until our water tanks are empty and our head is full. We took a dinghy ride and said hello to Jamie and Chico, who are in the next anchorage. We had a nice dinner onboard and watched a couple of YouTube shows. The stars were amazing, and we fell asleep to the sounds of the water and woods. We love being on anchor.もっと詳しく