Day 71, Sunday Sept. 1 2013
Yeah, a good nights sleep, although the wind did whip up
again. We were glad we were in a
slip. We decide to stay another day as
it sounds like the Bass Islands are all booked up. (Bass Islands just south of Pelee on the
American side). We are going to go for a
dinghy ride over to lighthouse point. It
is overcast and does not look like a great day, but it is supposed to improve.
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| Our dolphin friend |
We set off around 11:00 and dinghy to a sandy cove on the
west side of the north peninsula. We are
hoping to be able to access a path from here over to the lighthouse. On the way into the beach we hit the prop on
2 occasions. Ouch. Julie is on watch but the water is murky and
you can’t see bottom. After the second
hit we pull up the motor and dip the paddle to see the depth and are shocked
that it is only about 12 inches and we could not see the bottom and yet we are
50 feet offshore. Alex jumps out and
pushes us to shore. We don’t find a path
but we find an inflated blue dolphin that has washed up on shore. We are very accepting of giving the dolphin a
lift back to civilization.
Back in the dinghy, as we will have to motor around the
point and hope there is a decent landing spot for us. As we round the point the waves are bigger and
Dawson has to be careful on his manoevers so that we don’t get wet. We land okay, but the motor will not stay in
the up position, perhaps something got bent when we hit bottom. Alex manages a MacGiver stick to do the job
and all is well. The hike is short and
the lighthouse is pretty, but soon enough we are back in the dinghy with the
blue dolphin and heading back to the boat with our picnic lunch in tow. As we pull into the marina a women on the tall ship starts yelling to us. Finally we understand she is asking about the blue dolphin. She lost one 3 weeks ago that was her young sons and he is very sad, "did we find it"? So we found a happy home for the dolphin to its rightful owners.
We decide to spend the afternoon going for a swim and a walk
along the pier. The beach is beside the
marina and only Julie and Alicia head in.
It is a lovely temperature and the sun has turned the day into a
beauty. We only last on the beach for a
few minutes. The guys are not beach
sitters. On the pier is a tall ship and
a sailboat that has been damaged by rubbing along the pier. Ouch! We wander down the street and find a
giant jenga game and decide a pitcher of beer and game of jenga are in
order. Well one game leads to another
and we needed another pitcher of beer and next thing you know our afternoon was
gone. We had lots of fun as other
visiting the island also joined into our game.
By now it was 7:00 and time to cook up some grub. 
Again there was a sequence challenge but this time we would
rotate partners to find the weakest link.
Unfortunately Julie lost all 3 of her games and was crowned the weakest
link. We said good-night, but it was
muggy out so sleep did not come easily.
We were each reading, and googling on our own until midnight and
listening for the wind outside.
Cheers
Julie and Dawson
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