Day 79/August 19th/Last stop in Lake Superior/ traveled over 1500 miles

On Monday morn, August 19 pulled up anchors (had a stern out for the first time this trip), because anchorage was too small for us to swing. Before our trip this summer, I never liked to swing with only 1 anchor.  I used to insist we tie to land or have a stern anchor out, but this trip, we were very comfortable with just the one anchor. Headed to Sinclair Cove where u r able 2 view ancient pictographs. We had been there before w/ our SeaRay & the drawings were pretty interesting to see, you could still make out the shapes of canoes & animals. When we arrived 3 hours later, we entered the cove first & realized it was too small for our 2 boats-Drat!! So we had to change course & will pass within 8 miles of where the Edmund Fitzgerald went down & is resting on the bottom.

Sinclair Cove

Indian Pictographs

Big Batchawana Bay

Today, Day 79 we hit the 1500 mile mark on our way to Batchawana Island, our last anchorage in Lake Superior. It is a large area, with cottages along the mainland shoreline where the beach is. There is a road that comes down to the water also on the mainland. We anchored in 15 feet of water which didn't take us very close to the island. It feels like we anchored out in the middle of a small lake. We were hoping to stay out in Lake Superior for a few more nights but this is not conducive for staying more than one night.  
We were visited by 5 loons this evening, saying goodbye to us. 

 As of today we have  spent 2 full months cruising Lake Superior. It has been amazingly spectacular. We are running out of adjectives to describe it. Even though, we have had 2 months here, it seems like it went too fast, isn't that amazing? The rest of the trip will be fun, but I know I will miss the beauty & awe inspiring scenery we have been lucky enough to experience.  One thing though, I won't miss the cold temperatures.  

Our last sunset over Lake Superior

Indian Harbor/ Devil's Chair; August 17, 2013

Garry & his 2 beautiful Salmon

Fresh Salmon & sweet potato chips

Saturday, August 17, we arrived to Indian Harbor after a few short hours. We have traveled 1447 miles. Connie B was anchored there, the Nordic tug we met in Otter head. Waterford & Day Dreams both had to put out stern anchors due to the size of the anchorage. It is a pretty place with a sand beach to our starboard.  The weather has continued to improve, it's sunny & in the 70's. Garry started fishing immediately after getting the anchors set & caught a salmon from the stern of the boat. That got him excited so he spent some time fishing from his dinghy in our cove & caught a bigger salmon.  Needless to say we had a great dinner. Then for dessert we had a beach campfire with s'mores.  

Sunday morning, after checking the wind & wave forecast, we hopped into our dinghy's & headed out to Superior to explore the rock formations called Devil's chair. These are really cool and fun. We were able to wade around these interesting volcanic rocks. 

Moose skull :(

After lunch, we hiked 3.5 miles to the next bay, Warp's bay & we were tracking Moose & bear but didn't see either. But we sure did see tons of evidence; a moose skull, tracks, paths & lots of big piles of poop. 

After dinner, Doug & I kayaked a couple of miles. It was a gorgeous, calm evening.  Our last few anchorages, the lake water has been clear as glass. You can see the bottom in 18 feet of water. We had another warm 70 degree day. 

We have broken a personal record: we have anchored 27 out of the last 30 days & still loving it! We haven't run out of food, water or space! 
  
Anchorages: all in Lake Superior

Grand Island   2  Nights

Lac le Belle.    2 Nights

Stockton Island   2Nights

Isle Royale  10 Nights

Loon Harbor  2 nights

Otter cove  3 nights

Woodbine  1 night

Battle Island 1 morn

Slates  1 night

Pulpwood  2 nights

Otter head 3 nights

Bruele  2 nights

Indian Harbor 2 nights