Ephraim

Another nice day with little wind. But very hazy/smoky from the fires in Canada. The water was a little more choppy today, due to the weekend boat traffic. Departed Shipyard Island Marina this morning, and ran on plane across Death’s Door. Rosanne wanted to stop at Gills Rock in Hedgehog Harbor to shop at a couple of cute shops. So she called the Shoreline Resort to see if they would allow us to stop at their private marina for 15-20 minutes, which they allowed. After stopping, we ran mostly at a slow speed, although I did run fast for a short distance to make up for the stop. I was shooting to arrive in Ephraim around noon. In Ephraim we stopped at Anderson Dock for a short bit to check out the art barn. The barn is covered with graffiti, and inside has some nice art displays, mostly paintings. They had one interesting Community Mosaic Project going on, which involved a wall of small 6”x6” tiles painted/decorated by various artists. Rosanne met one of the artists who also had three nieces that submitted tiles. The artist pointed out the four tiles to Rosanne. We left the Anderson dock then and docked in front of the Old Post Office Restaurant, where we had made reservations for their 5pm fish boil. The rest of the afternoon we visited the information center, chatting with the employee about the area, had ice cream at Wilsons, and just relaxed. I also walked over to the Firehouse Dock to see if they might have courtesy slips this Sunday. We learned from the information center employee that the Moravian Church service on Sunday is at 10:30, and it is their long time pastor’s last Sunday before retirement, followed by a party. We’ve always wondered about attending service there, and learned it predated the Lutheran Church. However, we may not be able to find anywhere to dock as there is not a lot of open dockage here in Ephraim, so I’ll keep my fingers crossed I can find an opening Sunday morning. Rosanne did some more reading, and I went for a quick jaunt on my kayak. Seating for the fish boil was at 4:30, and we enjoyed the information that the boil master, “Torch” shared with us while cooking our supper. Afterwards, we slow cruised over to Fish Creek Bay, passing by Eagle Bluff and noticing the fairly new tower that was installed and opened four years ago. We are anchored in Fish Creek Bay this evening, close to Peninsula State Park Weborg Point.Read more