Otter Head/Waterfalls/lLighthouse & Fish.

Cascade Falls

On Monday August 12, we pulled anchor in the rain and cruised along the rugged eastern shoreline and the Provincial Pukaskwa Park.  We are anchored now in the Otter Head area, there are other boats in the anchorage but it's big enough for all of us. There is a lighthouse on a nearby island that we attempted to dinghy to the first day, but we aborted the mission due to rough seas. There is also a series of waterfalls we passed on our way into the cove that we hope to get to, with Cascade falls dropping right into Lake Superior. The falls are located in an open area without much protection & the wind is blowing towards them so we'll see. We are secure in a big cove with 2 sailboats & 1 Nordic tug; ConnieB (Bill & Connie from LaPeer, MI.)

Tuesday, made it in our dinghy's with rain gear & explored Otter Island lighthouse & grounds. the blueberries are ripe & we don't think there are any bears

Now do you believe we've had cold weather?

around so we picked a container full-yum. If there were bear, I wouldn't want to take their food away from them. Didn't see any caribou, which are the only inhabitants on the Lighthouse island.  Paddled up a stream in our cove & found the hidden unnamed waterfalls in our cove. We could hear the falls from our boats. The waterfall is very pretty & bigger than we expected. 

Garry had bought a Canadian fishing license so he was making good use of it.  He trolled along in our cove & was awarded by catching 3 northern pikes, releasing the 2 smaller ones   & giving the 32 " big boy to a sailboat anchored nearby. He didn't keep it for us, because Northern Pike are very hard to prepare & get the bones out.  We are picky you know. But Garry had fun catching them. 

It has been a bit windy & wavy, so we were not able to dinghy & hike the Cascade Falls. We actually have been weathered in an extra day here due to a strong wind warning, so it is Weds & we (Waterford & us) are all by ourselves in this big cove. Doug & I kayaked the perimeter of the cove & it is over 4 miles around. We went up a stream & saw evidence of Moose & a busy beaver but did not see either. We did see 2 Eagles soaring & perched among these high rock bluffs around us. 

On our weathered in day, Jacque & Garry hosted a Movie matinee. Doug read a Jack Reacher novel this trip written by Lee Childs & is hooked.  Jacque & Garry were already fans & have read many of lee Child's, Reacher series. They even had a Reacher movie in their library on the boat, so we watched the movie "One Shot"  with Tom Cruise portraying Reacher.  Even though Jacque & I agree that Tom Cruise was not the perfect pick for Jack, it was a good flick. We even had popcorn! We don't rough it.