Day #375 - Meldrum Bay, ON
August 10th, 2009After listening to the weather reports, however sketchy, we pulled out of Gore Bay at 8:00. There were low lying clouds, but no bad weather predicted.
As we turned out into the channel within about 10 minutes we were socked in with heavy fog. We traveled in heavy fog with our fog horn blowing every 100 seconds. It is a scary feeling to not be able to see what is in front of you. Fortunately the radar worked perfectly today. Once we could see another boat on the radar and we kept hailing him on the radio. When we passed him, not only did he not have radio, but apparently he didn’t monitor a radio either.
We arrived in Meldrum Bay at 11:30.
Just about the time we pulled into the marina, the fog lifted and minutes later the sun came out. Now it is a beautiful sunny day and 77 degrees. After getting settled we walked over to the marina office to sign in.
Then we walked up the hill to the Inn.
Below is a replica of the Inn that sits in the side yard. It has been in business for over 100 years.
Andy and I had lunch on their porch and watched in amazement at the humming birds that were everywhere.
The innkeeper told us that they arrive early every spring from South Africa.
This year she couldn’t find the feeders when she went to put them out. She was standing in the kitchen when they arrived and they started tapping on the window. She quickly drove into town, bought the feeders and filled them. They were quickly back in force. She mentioned that she has to take the feeders down in early September or they will wait until it is too late to leave and they will freeze. Amazing!
They were nice enough to offer to let us bring our laptops up and use their wi-fi. Ahhhh, back in touch, but not a strong enough signal to upload photos and do my blog.
After lunch we walked next door to Duke’s which has been in business for over 100 years as well. It serves as Meldrum Bay’s grocery store, post office and LCBO.
It sits right on the water’s edge.
This is the view from the top of the hill overlooking the marina.
Tonight will be fresh whitefish aboard Good News that we bought yesterday in Gore Bay.
