Days 50-52 July26-28 Our adventures in Killarny

Oh, I just want to sleep in one morning....please. Again, we are up early to shower, eat, and get Goose ready to roll so that we can make it to Killarny at a reasonable time.

Leaving St Amant's was pretty easy and Metal of Honor travels along.

When we approach Killarny we'll have "crossed our wake" as we will now be travelling in familiar waters. Our intention is to try new anchorages and marina's as much as the wind and waves will allow.

The water has turned to a Caribbean Blue with a water temp of 68 as we are in the open Georgian Bay. The sun is warm and as we turn to enter Killarny we have a gentle rolling side sea.

The Sportsman Inn is very busy as they just reopened after a 3-4 year remodel. The Inn and Marina was hit real hard by an ice storm (I think) that ripped out their docks and did much damage. New owners came in and have worked over the past few years to fix it up and it turned out awesome. All new hotel rooms and suites, dining rooms, washrooms, fuel docks etc. Top Notch. Very friendly and hard working staff.

There is no doubt that lamb chops are in store for dinner tonight.

Ron celebrated with Kevin and some guests at the piano bar and had a blast. I did feel sorry for him as he crawled home. He had fun and this night was one of his bucket list check marks for this summer.

Wind is picking up and it's made for a very interesting day of boats sticking around and some coming in for safety. Two "teaching" ships come in with students and we watch as they do their chores.

Tuesday we took some walks: to breakfast at The Pine Inn, (which is another favorite for us any time of day), we also walked to the general store and LCBO. Not sure if we'll be anchoring out this weekend, but the stores are so convenient, it makes sense to be prepared.

Loopers meet at 5PM near our boat for card and story exchanges. Well, of course Happy Hour too. I overheard one of the gals mentioned that two things needed to get done when arriving home after The Great Loop. #1 go to AA meeting and #2 sign up with Weight Watchers.

 We have a couple people on the boat to check out our screens. It's great exchanging ideas and Ron goes over to a couple other boats to do the same.

We have a photo opp and then the group goes to dinner and we cook on board. Second night out for Captain Ron :) I stay back again and get some reading time.

Lot's of wind and rain last night and maybe some more today.

 Considering our travel options for tomorrow is tough.  Not sure if the winds will lie down.I think we've just thrown our hands up and decided to head out and then make a decision based on the what we see when we get out there into the main channel area.. I guess we could always turn around if it's too bad. Ron and the skippers get together and Ron answers questions from The Lopper's who have not been here before. They as well decide that a few options should be selected and then make the decisions when heading out into The Channel tomorrow.

It appears that someone has called ahead to Little Current and everything is booked due to the upcoming Civic Holiday Aug.2ND. Since Little Current has the most dockage of all the area, I find it hard to believe that we can't get in. I call Boyle's, Spider Bay and one other marina by the swing bridge...all full. The town dock's are first come first serve. Wow, must be a heck of a weekend holiday.

Power goes out for the whole area and  generators are starting to come on. I run to buy ice in case it last longer than 24 hours and there's a run on ice.. We used the power outage as an excuse to eat in and heat up leftovers in the microwave and settle in early.