July 30, 2010
We departed Indian Harbour about 10:30 am heading north to Echo Bay where we think we will stay until Monday morning. Being a long weekend in Canada, we anticipate the marinas and anchorages will be full, so probably best to find a nice spot and settle in for the weekend. Besides, it will give us a bit of time to decompress after the hectic last two weeks preparation for departure.
We right in assuming that it would be busy this weekend. Even though it is only Friday morning, the crazies are out racing to wherever. Several times we got rocked by boats running through the channel either coming up behind us or coming towards us. I sometimes wonder if these boaters realize the extent of their wake and while we can reduce the effect by steering across the wake, sometimes there is little room to effect a change of course, it can have detrimental effects on smaller boats. Nothing we can do about them however, just be prepared.
Traveling north through Big David Channel , we crossed some relatively open water until O’Donnell Point, around which is a narrow channel which leads to Twelve Mile Bay. As we approached the entrance to the Point we noticed that there were two sail boats with their sails up bu obviously under power coming through from the opposite direction so we backed off and waited for them to come through. Once around the point we decided not to go up Twelve Mile Bay but continued on the Frying Pan Island where we stopped for lunch at Henry’s. Great spot as everyone from this area knows. After lunch we moved the boat to Echo Bay on San Souci Island which is located in the Massassauga Provincial Park and found a anchorage for three days. Beautiful and quiet. Just beside our anchorage, a little mink kept scurrying back and forth doing whatever minks do. Lots of boats in the Bay for the weekend.
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