Day Dreams Adventures 2013: Brule Harbor/ Day 75/ August 15, 2013

Day 75, Thursday, August 15 pulled up anchor, the strong wind warning over, almost. Waves 2-4's to occas 6's but the thermometer says 61 degrees. It has been 48 degrees in the early mornings when we get up. So 61 looks good to us. Under way 7 hours, we arrive to Brule Harbor. We are anchoring close to mainland Canada, in Lake Superior Provincial park. Thank you Canada for making most of your beautiful Lake Superior coastline, park area, so it is still wild & rugged. Yes, I could become a tree hugger with a little encouragement!!

Our view out of our back deck

We are anchored in a beautiful snug spot, which took some maneuvering to get secure. The water is pretty deep in here which makes it tougher. We are tied to shore & Garry has a stern anchor out, both to keep us from swinging. Garry is in the same cove but not close. We have a huge beaver dam in our area. Jacque made a nice meatloaf for dinner for us all, Thank you for feeding us, Jacque.

During dinner, a small sailboat sailed into our cove & proceeded to tie up very close to us. There were five 20 something's on board. Wouldn't you think they would like some privacy? They got settled, ate a quick dinner, then they donned rain gear, it wasn't raining but it was cool out. All 5 of them hopped in their dinghy without lights & took off.We don't know where they went & it was after dusk. There are no public places anywhere near, only the open waters of Lake Superior. We didn't hear them return but the dinghy was tied up in the morn when we awoke. Thank goodness! They left that afternoon.

Water clarity, can you believe it?

Friday, turned into one of the nicest weather days we've experienced. We took off in our dinghies early while the Lake was calm & checked out the Pukaskwa pits, we had read about. They have been studied & researched. It is thought they are thousand of years old, but no one knows what they were used for.

Garry in his hot tub Pukaskwa pit

Of course there are theories. Garry's theory is that this one was a hot tub for their tired achy bodies after a long day of hunting & gathering. Hot rock therapy. We then checked out Old Woman's Bay. The cliffs are high & majestic. We walked along a sand beach, found a spring fed small pretty inland lake off the sand beach & the guys had to skip some stones in the calm water.

In the afternoon, it actually got up to the mid 70's. We kayaked our cove & around the near by islands. We walked around the rocks on Entrance Island. This is another beautiful, quiet spot. We heard loons last night but haven't seen any but we have watched Eagles soaring & one flying down to a beach to grab a fish.