Days 64-66 DeTour-Cheboygan Aug 9-11

Left Drummond behind this morning. I was able to exchange some of our Canadian money for some clothing in the Ships Store, and was very grateful as we had miscalculated our needs over the past couple days.

A pleasant light breeze and mostly sunny skies greeted us as we pulled out towards DeTour. We ran into quite a bit of freighter traffic heading to and from The St. Mary's River. The ships are overwhelmingly huge close up.
I remember back while we were still racing sailboats and would run through the freighter channels and am glad it wasn't in this busier area. Once, on our boat JUMP, we picked off other sailboats by heading towards and crossing in front of a very pissed off freighter captain. The other boats had to reach around behind and had lost time. What fun times to remember and laugh about.
Our short trip gets us at the dock early enough for me to head into town and use the computer at the Mainsail Restaurant and Ron used the afternoon to change the engine oils and other fluids on Goose.

Tuesday brought more fog and a different perspective on the freighters. By 10:15AM it was safe enough to travel and we quickly approached the DeTour Lighthouse. Ron's former boss, Judy,  is going to be staying there in a few days. Our plan was to go past as she is the "keeper", and wave, but our schedules are off by a couple days. What a cool thing Judy is doing. She stays there for a few days and takes care of visitors' tours and works as the assistant keeper of the lighthouse. Check it out online! You can do it too.

Arrival in Cheboygan was uneventful with the harbor master and another gentleman helping us in. We are staying at The Duncan Bay Boat Club on the advise of one of their resident dock holders we had met in Georgian Bay.
After walking some of the grounds, I was awfully glad we made this decision. The outdoor pool was very refreshing as we headed over there soon after our arrival.  The grounds are beautiful and Ron later grills dinner near the offices which look out onto the bay.
We stay another day and take bikes to town to look at the other  marina facilities and to stretch.
Due to the high humidity and threatening conditions for rain, I leave my camera behind for most of our stay here. Guess we'll have to go back next year!!