And once through that channel, start looking for the next one. They’re all deep, some are fairly narrow and they’re all solid rock.
But it’s a beautiful boat ride
The last 9 miles is mostly open water with small, scattered islands.
I didn’t see a single other boat on my trip here.
I called customs with one bar on my phone. We both had to repeat almost everything. But she was as nice as could be and in 5 minutes I had my clearance number.
And then I was in the very basic Bruce Mines Marina. First, dock master couldn’t have been a nicer guy. He put me in a long slip in front of a sailboat. “But he’s out of town, so he’s not going anywhere for a few days.”
He offered me a 30 amp extender since no way would my cable have reached. But there is a little mom and pop hotel adjacent that I couldn’t pass up.
Fuel pumps aren’t working. But there was someone working on them today.
Bathrooms are at the city park at the end of the road. Within sight, but you better not have to go real badly.
Still, I prefer to get off the beaten path whenever I can. It’s a small town with a very real small town feel to it.
Today is give my discs a rest day and walk around the town. Unfortunately, there is a small craft advisory (a cold front in July!) for tomorrow. So my rest day got a bit longer.
Went to get stuff from boat and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police pulled in. They asked me where in FL I’m from (having seen my vessel registration number).
Satisfied with my answer we talked about the severe weather forecast for tomorrow, including T-storms all morning.
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