Killarney to Little Current

Saturday morning we untied the line from shore, pulled the anchor and started our way back to Killarney for a 2 night stay at the Killarney Mountain Lodge.  After we got settled, we took Roxie on a hike to the Killarney Light House.  The route is not well marked and we did get off track a bit.  Turns out the 4 mile hike round trip turned out to be 6 miles!   

They packed us in pretty tight on the docks but we had a great view of the boat traffic going through Killarney. 

Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day!  Sunny, light breeze.  We enjoyed just lounging on the boat deck watching the parade of boats going through Killarney.  We also took advantage of the lodges pool and sauna.   

Dinner at the Ranch. Turns out that the only reservation available was for 5:15.....we were the 2nd table seated that evening.  At least the put us at a table along with window!

Monday turned out to be the complete opposite of Sunday.  It was cold and rainy.  We departed the Lodge and headed to the Sportsman fuel dock for more gas for the dingy and another pump out before heading out for our next few anchorages.  

We ended up at MaryAnn Cove, but there was still quite a good chill in the air so it was an early night.  Tuesday the sun was back and we decided to take the Cason Hill Hike to an outlook where you can see Frazier Bay, McGregor Bay and Bay Fine.  It was beautiful.  Unfortunately this was not a hike for Roxie.  Several parts of the hike we needed to use our hands and legs to climb....but it was worth it!

After the hike we took a quick swim before heading out to our next anchorage, the Pool.  The Pool is a popular stop for loopers because of the hike to Lake Topaz.  We decided to wait until the following afternoon to take the hike.  Roxie was very happy to find that she could take this hike with us.  

We didn't swim, but the lake was beautiful.  Once we got back to the boat we had a quick swim and lunch before heading to our next anchorage,  Heywood Island.  This destination is known for being a great anchorage with protection from all sides and is close to the Little Current Swing bridge, which is where we plan to head to Thursday and hope to stay for the weekend to provision.

We arrived at Heywood Island Wednesday afternoon and anchored near another Kadey Krogen (Selkie). 

Thursday morning the generator was moving less water than normal and was running warm. The water intake and strainer were 90% stopped up with weeds from the pool. We had to remove the hose to clear the line and all was back to normal. 

Thursday afternoon we departed on the short 8 mile ride to the Port of Little Current but not without some drama in the rapid current. More on that later!

Bad River to Covered Portage Cove

Friday 7/28 we pulled the hook in the Bad River and back out into the open water of Georgian Bay headed to Beaverstone Bay on our way to Collins Inlet.

Once we got back out into Georgian Bay we could see mountains in the distance!  

Beaverstone is a really big anchorage with great protection from the North. 

Roxie and I found wild blueberries!  

Sunday morning we woke up to a sunny but cool 63 degrees with winds around 13mph.  Great morning to have blueberry pancakes!  Yum!

We pulled the anchor after breakfast headed to our next anchorage, Mill Lake Green Island.  This was just an overnight stay before heading into Killarney the next day.  We had made reservations at the Killarney Mountain Lodge Marina for next Saturday and Sunday and are looking forward to spending the week in Covered Portage Cove, which was just on the other side of Killarney.  

We started into Killarney Monday morning, looking for gas for the dinghy, a pump-out and fresh water.  Turns out that Killarney is very busy around 11 o'clock with boats leaving and coming into the marinas.  We hadn't seen this much boat activity since our last trip to Put-In-Bay!   We finally got what we needed and headed to Covered Portage Cove.  

Based on the boat activity, we weren't too surprised when we got to Covered Portage that it was packed full of boats.  So we anchored in Killarney Bay for the night hoping to get into Covered Portage  tomorrow. 

Sun setting over Killarney Bay

Just as expected, Covered Portage started to empty out pretty early and we moved on in.  We got a great spot and stern tied to the shore.  This would be our home until next Saturday.

We had a great week in Covered Portage.  Met so many boaters...most stayed only a night or two.  We took the dingy to Killarney a couple of times....just to ride through, have lunch.  We hiked up the mountain with Roxie and she LOVED it!  Being that we were not in the inner part of the cove, we couldn't get a picture or Cheers. But we did find more blueberries! 

Coming into Covered Portage Cove, your welcomed by the Indian Head rock formation....can you see it?

Top of the mountain.

Looking down into the inner harbor of the cove. 

Pittsfield general store.

Killarney is home of the famous Herbert Fisheries.  The fish is caught daily in Georgian Bay.  It is hands down the best fish and chips we have had so far on our journey.  So much so, we had it twice during our week in Covered Portage!

Storm coming in!

A bunch of dinghy's came in from Killarney and were jumping off the cliffs. 

We had a great relaxing time in Covered Portage and now looking forward to having a couple of days on the dock with access to the amities of the lodge.