COVERED PORTAGE Anchorage to BAIE FINE Anchor ("The Pool") / Tuesday, July 26 (Day 188)

Admiral's Log:     8:50 am, Tues. 7/26/16
                         Air Temp:   74     Water Temp:   67
                        Winds:   10 mph
                        Speed:   8.5 knots

Since it was too windy yesterday we did a little dingy tour this morning. We took a picture of the famous Indian Head in the mountain side and saw another boat with name similar to ours. "Ro Boat".

Can you make out the Indian face profile?

On our way to Baie Fine, we could see the windmills at Little Current on Manitoulin Island. We saw Over Ice and Snow Goose leaving as we were entering the channel to Baie Fine. 

We also heard a couple of familiar names over the radio. On channel 71 on our VHF radio there is a 30-60 minute show called Cruiser's Net, where cruisers call in and tell the host were they are, that way other cruisers can connect. So we radioed our destination and heard several other familiar Looper names do so as well.

These are 11 foot sailboats called Trailer Sailors. Really cute.

Baie Fine is a fjord with a long channel to get to the anchorage. But it is well worth it, my favorite so far! You can see why they call it "The Pool". It's just this big body of water, totally protected on all sides by huge rocks and trees. There were 24 boats there with a lot of room to spare. 

We took about a 30 minute hike up to Topaz Lake. Gorgeous! Pictures don't do it justice. The water is a beautiful blue/green. It is totally land locked and is fed only by rain or snow runoff. Nothing can live in there. It is a popular swimming hole and many people dive from the rocks. Not Me!

Crazy Canadians! 

Then we took the dingy through some grass and wound our way around to a nice little waterfall. When we go back to the boat ,Horizon Chaser had arrived. Dan and Jackie swam over to our boat and the 4 of us floated around a while until, I think I got pinched by a snapping turtle! We had seen it in the water, but did not think it would come near us. I never did see a mark, but you can bet Jackie and I flew back on the boat!

After Dan and Jackie left our boat from cocktails, we had roast I had been cooking in the crockpot all day.