Launched Boat at Little Sand Bay

After having some cereal for breakfast, I had some of Deone’s good Carmel Rolls. Streamed my home church (Christ Lutheran Church) and then said my goodbyes and headed for Bayfield and Little Sand Bay. Uneventful drive over some back roads until reaching Hwy 63. Some scenic Wisconsin country. I arrived at Little Sand Bay around 2p, and took the only trailer parking spot left to get C-Traveler ready to launch. I kind of expected to see two spots, since I passed two trailer rigs heading out about a mile or two before LSB. Launched C-Traveler, and then fortunately that last car & trailer parking spot was still open. The NPS is staging out of LSB and has half the parking area fenced off, leaving only about ten spots for public trailer parking. The construction is going on seven days a week, and they were working on the breakwater today. They have extended it out somewhat, and using metal plates now instead of just rock and wood. The harbor is open to the north, and gets some storm damage annually and the wave action brings in a lot of sand. LSB (Little Sand Bay) is shared space with the Town of Russel and the National Park Service. The town has a campground and the boat launch, while the NPS has the parking lot and a small visitor’s center, along with a historic fisheries building. The visitor’s center is currently closed while construction is ongoing. I decided to cruise over to Oak Island first and am tied up to the dock here. Just a light breeze and the water was mostly calm. I used the new dock fee system, by scanning the QR code on the payment dropbox post, bringing up a page to enter my credit card and boat information in. It’s at Recreation.gov and works pretty well. As long as you have enough cell service… I plan to hike one of the trails here tomorrow. While there are warning signs about a bear in the area, I talked to the park volunteers stationed here and they said they have not seen any bears or signs of bears, recently. I’m still taking my bear spray with me when hiking! Oh, tightening the shift rod bracket up was the issue. Shifts into reverse just fine now.Read more