So here we go for this week. Again, some of these pics came from the Water Dawgs.
Last week we left our story at the Bustard Islands where were getting ready for war games.
We sent more spies over to gather intelligence but apparently they found none.
On the other hand 'they' sent spies over and couldn't find much at our side either.
Sometime during the night, they had a chance to get the house band out, and sing a few tunes...
I will leave it to the video when Martin gets finished with it to fill in the highlights, but all I know is by the next morning the spoils of war included us flying the proud flag of NFLD and somebody's swimsuit ...
plus a new kayak which we put on the bow of the Black Pearl.
After we got up and exchanged prisoners and spoils et al, all that was left to do before we left again is relax with a little swimming etc.,
The one thing about arranging a RRR is that with a large group you have to make reservations if you plan on going to a marina.
Unfortunately, this also puts you on a time table so unless the weather is downright unsafe, when you have to go, you go.
So when we were going to head out, the wind was starting to come up and we knew it was going to be a little bumpy on our run to Killarney.
We unrafted and gathered the fleet outside the Gun Barrel --
It was a little bumpy out there but I have always said, using a camera it is very tough to pic up the wave action. You can tell a little bit how windy it was by the spray action over the rooster tail.
To give you a better idea, we were running at about 32 MPH so I had an idea to have Kathy turn on the video in the camera for about 30 seconds (she didn't know how to turn it off and we really couldn't walk around so I just told her to turn it off after).
I was also sort of proud that I followed my own advice and regardless of the GPS, you will notice at the very end of the video that I am sitting on my paper charts - just in case.
Just double click on the link (not the picture).
We finally after a while came to the marker we were looking for and turned back inland.
We are now heading to Beaverstone Bay.
Once thru Beaverstone we headed to Collins Inlet
Once we found it, we made the turn into the Inlet proper.
Collins Inlet is about a 1 hour run off plane in behind an island and is a very pretty and calm experience.
Here is a few examples.
And finally heading towards the end of the inlet and back out into deep water.
It turned out to be pretty rough for the run over to Killarney, ie: maybe 6 footers and Dawn Treader lost an engine due to electrical issues. A couple of us stayed behind with him to nurse him over but no pics that I have as it was just too rough.
We finally made our destination Killarney and got settled in for the night.
We ended up at the Killarney Mountain Lodge as the Sportsman Inn was basically closed for this season. But at least we were all together.
Killarney is a great little destination located in a narrow channel between Georgian Bay and the North Channel and they do indeed cater to the boaters.
A few people took a walk thru the park and took some nice pics of the La Couche range (which is where we will go in next week's Sat. Morn Pics)
In the meantime, Killarney has some of the best sunsets there is.
and
Enjoy.
Last week we left our story at the Bustard Islands where were getting ready for war games.
We sent more spies over to gather intelligence but apparently they found none.
On the other hand 'they' sent spies over and couldn't find much at our side either.
Sometime during the night, they had a chance to get the house band out, and sing a few tunes...
I will leave it to the video when Martin gets finished with it to fill in the highlights, but all I know is by the next morning the spoils of war included us flying the proud flag of NFLD and somebody's swimsuit ...
plus a new kayak which we put on the bow of the Black Pearl.
After we got up and exchanged prisoners and spoils et al, all that was left to do before we left again is relax with a little swimming etc.,
The one thing about arranging a RRR is that with a large group you have to make reservations if you plan on going to a marina.
Unfortunately, this also puts you on a time table so unless the weather is downright unsafe, when you have to go, you go.
So when we were going to head out, the wind was starting to come up and we knew it was going to be a little bumpy on our run to Killarney.
We unrafted and gathered the fleet outside the Gun Barrel --
It was a little bumpy out there but I have always said, using a camera it is very tough to pic up the wave action. You can tell a little bit how windy it was by the spray action over the rooster tail.
To give you a better idea, we were running at about 32 MPH so I had an idea to have Kathy turn on the video in the camera for about 30 seconds (she didn't know how to turn it off and we really couldn't walk around so I just told her to turn it off after).
I was also sort of proud that I followed my own advice and regardless of the GPS, you will notice at the very end of the video that I am sitting on my paper charts - just in case.
Just double click on the link (not the picture).
We finally after a while came to the marker we were looking for and turned back inland.
We are now heading to Beaverstone Bay.
Once thru Beaverstone we headed to Collins Inlet
Once we found it, we made the turn into the Inlet proper.
Collins Inlet is about a 1 hour run off plane in behind an island and is a very pretty and calm experience.
Here is a few examples.
And finally heading towards the end of the inlet and back out into deep water.
It turned out to be pretty rough for the run over to Killarney, ie: maybe 6 footers and Dawn Treader lost an engine due to electrical issues. A couple of us stayed behind with him to nurse him over but no pics that I have as it was just too rough.
We finally made our destination Killarney and got settled in for the night.
We ended up at the Killarney Mountain Lodge as the Sportsman Inn was basically closed for this season. But at least we were all together.
Killarney is a great little destination located in a narrow channel between Georgian Bay and the North Channel and they do indeed cater to the boaters.
A few people took a walk thru the park and took some nice pics of the La Couche range (which is where we will go in next week's Sat. Morn Pics)
In the meantime, Killarney has some of the best sunsets there is.
and
Enjoy.
