McGregor Bay

We hauled anchor by 9 Sunday morning and made a quick pit stop at the Sportsman Inn in Kilarney. We needed fresh water, gas for our dinghy, and a pumpout. While Randy was taking care of all that, I took off our trash and recycling and went in search of blocks of ice. As luck would have it, the Gateway was a short walk, and they carried blocks of ice. They also had some amazing baked goods that were made earlier this morning. We had a quick breakfast, so I picked up a couple of treats. The Landsdowne Channel was not busy, and I think we only passed two boats. The skies were really threatening, and there was a thunderstorm forecasted for the area. As we were crossing Frazer, the skies opened, and it just poured. Visibility was limited, but the rain flattened the chop. There weren't many boats travelling, and we were crossing open water, so all was good. By the time we entered McGregor Bay, the storm had passed, and the skies were looking much better. We checked out a couple of places in the East West Channel and then settled in a new spot at the end of the channel that leads to the East West. It was deep, had beautiful tall cliffs on the west and east sides, a marsh and small creek to the north, but was open to the south. There was a pair of loons with a nest in the anchorage and a couple of beavers. There is a rock ledge at the entrance that does show on the charts. We had a great night but decided to move the next day because there were strong wind warnings with wind from the southwest. We took the dinghy with our depth sounder and range finder to check out a few spots. Commodores Cove was empty, so we quickly moved there. We had a great spot with protection from the forecasted winds. We had a welcoming committee, about a dozen small fish were hanging out at our swim platform, and a large turtle kept coming around too. I decided not to swim here. We found a great blueberry patch and filled a zip lock in no time. We didn't have service, so had to take the dinghy in search of cell signal. We found friends in the bay at the east end of the main channel. Tuesday High Five joined us in the anchorage to hide from the winds. We did a dinghy tour to the Anglican church and then on to Blasted Rock. We enjoyed a happy hour on Quintessential, but we're glad to return to our more protected spot. The winds were blowing 20 knots from the west, but we didn't feel it. Wednesday, we found another great blueberry patch and cell service when we climbed a small hill. We have two bags in the freezer and another to give to Roy when we go to Little Current. We tried our hand at fishing but had trouble landing anything. We lost a few lures and two really nice pike. We landed one bass, but Randy didn't feel like cleaning it, so we gave it away. I had lots of provisions so we didn't go hungry. Our last night at the anchorage, Dave and Laurie had a fire, and we joined them. It was lovely until the mosquitos tried to take us away. Friday morning, we hauled anchor and headed to Little Current. It was a wonderful 5 days in McGregor and we really enjoyed Commodore Cove.Meer informatie