Aug 6th Killarney

 Herbert's Fisheries they have fish and chips cooked and sold out of an old bus.

 These boats across the way have front row seats for the movie.

 And the End of another wonderful day in beautiful Can a da

Today we again traveled the outside as to make up some time.  We are at the Sportsmen Inn, We seemed to have caught up with some loopers by traveling the cargo route, there are 5 other AGLCA boaters here now and yesterday 6 left so we are now back in a pack. (for now)  We walked around town, very small, had ice cream and bought a homemade pie.  This marina does something I have not seen written up anywhere, not in any blogs or cruisers guides.  They have an outdoor screen across the channel and play movies,  Its a Cruise In Theater, we sat on the upper helm tuned in the radio and there you have it! Very cool.

Tomorrow we will be anchoring out hopefully,  the weather for this evening was not suppose to be good, but so far its pretty nice here.  The North Channel has some of the best anchorages in Canada and some are said to be in the top 10 list in the world.

Parry Sound Aug 4th Byng Inlet Aug 5th

Aug 4th

As we set out today we had originally intended to stop in Parry Sound to pumpout and re provision what turned out to be a quick stop over took almost 3 hours.  After all was done the winds had picked up and we figured we would spend the night here. 

All the sea planes you see flying over to Henry's Fish Camp come out of Parry Sound, for $158 per person you fly to Henry's a roundabout 10 min flight which includes your meal and another roundabout flight back.  They do a very good business as we watched these planes take off and land all day and into the night.

Aug 5th

Today we traveled the outside route to Byng Inlet it was a great day for such a trip.  We are told that the scenery will have a dramatic change from here on up through to the North Channel, less cottages and a bit less boat traffic.  After we docked we met a couple who just started the loop from Parry Sound and another couple from Byng Inlet who are planning the loop starting in July 2012.  We had a nice chat and then hit the showers and out for dinner. 

Tomorrow we should be in the Killarney area, we have not made reservations as we are hoping to anchor out, weather permitting.

Frying Pan Island Echo Bay Aug 2nd and 3rd

We are anchored in Echo Bay near Frying Pan island, less than a mile or so from Henry's Fish camp.  We had lunch at Henry's yesterday, MuddyWaters was leaving and BlueSkies was arriving when we left.  Best fish and chips, we had the pickerel which in the states we call walleye, yummy.
The fact that we are anchored is something we do not have alot of experience with, so its a big deal to us.  I really do enjoy being at anchor, though, anchoring here is not at all what we are use too in our limited experience.  We are in a smallish cove and there are 21 boats here, there are 3 of us swinging at the center and 18 others on the sides at anchor but tied to trees or rocks at the stern,  some are rafted with others, some by themselves.  It really is quite the site.  Boating here is very serious stuff in many ways,  we now wish we bought our Georgian Bay charts earlier to study them a bit but it is a crash course now.  No pun intended....   We knew it was going to be very rocky, narrow and shallow but WOW.  The boaters in this area know how to enjoy the short season for sure,  they really take advantage of the beautiful cruising grounds, taking off for weekends with friends and fellow dockmates, anchoring out in groups.  Boats rafted together 6 or more is also pretty common.  Lots of swimming and boat toys brought along with them inflatable rafts, lounges,etc, some very serious dinghy's for exploring as well.  We have all been enjoying swimming in freshwater especially Ashley.
Being from New England our cruising grounds are the ocean, though we to have beautiful destinations Marthas Vineyard, Nantucket, all of the Cape and Newport RI. but  it is more about marinas than anchoring, and  more about visiting the quaint New England villages and Harbours then the serene natural beauty of nature. 
Well anyway, here we sit in this beautiful cove enjoying our new home for a couple days this was a planned anchorage before we even left the States and it is nice to be able to share it with our daughter but we were also hoping to have NautiNell here along with us.

 Here we are at Henry's Fish Camp you can get here by boat, by plane or by helicopter thats it!  Henry's has a heli pad, we didn't see anyone arrive that way but LOTS of boats and planes.

 Echo Bay anchorage

 Ashley enjoying the sun. water and a good book

Tomorrow we set out for a restock in Parry Sound then head out to Point Au Baril, we are planning on spending a couple of nights in Killarney before we continue on into the North Channel.