Thursday morning, June 27th, Jeri's birthday, we left Big Bay @ 8:00 AM, overcast but calm & warm. Lake Superior was beautiful again & the hills looked cool shrouded in mist & fog.
We passed the Huron Islands today, they are beautiful, but no place to anchor around them.
Bête Grise Lighthouse, not pronounced like Doug does; betty grease! Again, I believe it is supposed to be pronounced with a french accent; silent T & S, maybe?
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| Bete Grise Lighthouse |
Arrived in Lac la Belle @ 1:30 PM, the fog settled in on us and became dense the last part of our journey, (Cheryl, we couldn't help it, but with electronics, we are perfectly safe-please don't worry). Waterford was in the lead & did a super job of getting us into the entrance. We are anchored out in this beautiful lake off of Superior, under a ski lift. Miles traveled 36, cum 644. Our temps have now been averaging 60's & 70's-love it.
Communication, u don't realize how connected you are, till you aren't. We take it for granted that we can pick up the phone, it's like when the electricity goes out and you keep flipping the light switch anyway. That's how it's been these last couple of days. We were trying to make dock reservations by internet (we bought some wifi for a day from this tiny resort on the lake) and we were having difficulty, so 3 out of the 4 of us @ some point said let's just call them-duh, no phone service. Just the fact that we went searching for internet tells you how difficult it is to be unconnected.
We put the dinghy's in and explored the lake. There are cottages around more than half of it, most with docks, but not a lot of boats. There was one boat fishing. It is very quiet here, the water slapping our dinghy seemed really loud. Sleeping has been great, no furnace needed which is good because we aren't plugged in. We love anchoring, if we have a choice.
Friday morning, sunny & warm so we hiked up Mount Bohemia, elevation 1485. We found marked trails and followed one to a cool ski/summer resort. We talked to 2 people there who were getting the place ready to open this weekend. She said they didn't open in June because that's the buggy season-now you tell us! We have been experiencing more bugs of all varieties than our usual summer vacations in July & August. It still has been very manageable with some bug spray & pics. This place has been a ski resort for years, but they recently built some cabins and they have these cool round canvass structures which are the dining room, bar, first aid, etc. So they are now trying a summer type program; $95/day/person with 3 meals and all activities; kayaks, bikes, hiking, etc. Would be fun. We walked around the place, looked good. We hiked the trail to the top of the mountain, all 1485 feet, where all 3 of ski lifts converged and NO the ski lifts were not running. We walked the whole way. there were unripe thimble berries all over the mountain. Wow, my mouth was salivating. Garry spotted a big deer while hiking and they watched some deer last evening from their boat @ the water's edge, but we saw some big cat type prints on the trail and big deer prints. An added bonus when we climbed to the top of the Mountain was limited cell service, enough to text, but when we tried to make phone calls, they failed. Oh well, we can live without calling, I think. Just know we are doing fine. I am behind in my blog, for those of you following us with the AIS system.
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| We climbed to the top, WOW |
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| Cool ski resort |
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| Yurts? |
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| Duck didn't fall off! |
Arrived in Lac la Belle @ 1:30 PM, the fog settled in on us and became dense the last part of our journey, (Cheryl, we couldn't help it, but with electronics, we are perfectly safe-please don't worry). Waterford was in the lead & did a super job of getting us into the entrance. We are anchored out in this beautiful lake off of Superior, under a ski lift. Miles traveled 36, cum 644. Our temps have now been averaging 60's & 70's-love it. 
Friday morning, sunny & warm so we hiked up Mount Bohemia, elevation 1485. We found marked trails and followed one to a cool ski/summer resort. We talked to 2 people there who were getting the place ready to open this weekend. She said they didn't open in June because that's the buggy season-now you tell us! We have been experiencing more bugs of all varieties than our usual summer vacations in July & August. It still has been very manageable with some bug spray & pics. This place has been a ski resort for years, but they recently built some cabins and they have these cool round canvass structures which are the dining room, bar, first aid, etc. So they are now trying a summer type program; $95/day/person with 3 meals and all activities; kayaks, bikes, hiking, etc. Would be fun. We walked around the place, looked good. We hiked the trail to the top of the mountain, all 1485 feet, where all 3 of ski lifts converged and NO the ski lifts were not running. We walked the whole way. there were unripe thimble berries all over the mountain. Wow, my mouth was salivating. Garry spotted a big deer while hiking and they watched some deer last evening from their boat @ the water's edge, but we saw some big cat type prints on the trail and big deer prints. An added bonus when we climbed to the top of the Mountain was limited cell service, enough to text, but when we tried to make phone calls, they failed. Oh well, we can live without calling, I think. Just know we are doing fine. I am behind in my blog, for those of you following us with the AIS system. 
Lac La Belle is a stunning anchorage! I never went up the Mt but Vicky did many years ago. Great Norhern Pike fishing also on the lake, are you going around to copper harbor next?
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