Day #368 - Killbear, ON
August 3rd, 2009We were up at 5:00 for our 6:00 cast off. The trip we had planned was straight west across the open water of Georgian Bay. Watching the morning news it appeared that a storm had developed overnight and was sitting over the top of Michigan moving east. We had a team meeting and decided to wait a bit and see how it developed. Thankfully our internet connection was good and we kept watching. They were calling for strong winds and rain. Again we met at 7:00 and decided to call Killbear Marina 12 miles away to see if we could get a little further up the shore. Finally they answered at 8:00 and told us they had room. We were on our way and arrived there safely at 9:30.
We pulled into the fuel dock to get a pump out. After that the marina told us that they were filling up and the fuel dock would be our overnight accommodation. Side note that the pump out cost $25.00. That is two and a half times what we have ever paid before.
No sooner had we tied up than a gentleman came over for a chat. He introduced himself and said he was a Looper. He and his wife are on a 24 foot tug and have been at Killbear for three weeks awaiting repairs. They hit rocks in the channel and tore off the lower end of both of his outboard motors. Ouch.
He also told me that he left Chicago 15 years ago and started the loop. He hasn’t finished yet, but he has a different boat and a different wife now.
Brad, Patti, Andy and I walked up to their little restaurant and had lunch. This is the view from up there.
An ambulance pulled up to the marina and loaded into their emergency boat. Off they went…
While we were having lunch they pulled back into the marina and had a woman on a stretcher. It appeared that they had gotten a call and rescued someone in distress from their home on an island. Hope it was not serious.
Terry and Sue on Final Decision are here and will be joining us for dinner this evening. Hank and Anne on Queen Anne’s Revenge arrived later so there are five Looper boats in all in this tiny marina.
