Drummond Island, MI USA

Here we are at Drummond Island, MI. We have passed over to the US with little note. Customs was very easy, we had all the necessary paper work for Shore Thing and ourselves.

It is with mixed emotions that we left. We had such a wonderful time and experiences. We did not want to leave without thanking all our friends in Canada for their help and encouragement to see their country from a great viewpoint--a boat.

Our thanks to Ted and Pat Larson for all their help, i.e. car, going over charts and showing us really great anchorages, Sue and David Allen for suggesting Hotham even though we never really had an opportunity to see you this year. Randy, Prime Time V, from Great Lakes Cruisers Association sitting with us and going over the charts in detail. Hope you are feeling better, Randy. Peter and Thais for going over charts with us and suggesting favorite anchorages. Odyssey was a great help to us in finding anchorages in Whaleback Channel.

Drummond Island, MI USA

46 01.515N

83 44.896W

This is the gateway to the US for boats coming from Canada back to the US. The water temp is 70.6. The water is clear. MI has the most registered boats of the all the states.

Blind River Marina

46 10.654N

82 57.969W

Just a couple of pictures of the Marina. Once again Odyssey came to our rescue for a place to stay out of the wind. We are getting short on islands at this end of the North Channel. The next trip will be exposed with no barrier islands for protection from the lake. We may have to wait a day because of predicted winds. We'll see.

Whaleback Channel, North Channel

One of the rocks named after humpback whale in Whaleback Channel

Bear Drop Harbour Anchorage

On our way to our next stop in Bear Drop Harbour we had to go through Little Detroit Passage (top photo). We had to call a Securite to let other boats know we were passing through. There is only room for one boat at a time. On the left hand side of the picture you can see the two range markers that you must line up to get the correct approach and not hit any of the rocks on either side.

46 09.659N

82 37.670W

The water temperature is 71.4 degrees F.

While we were traveling to our next destination we heard a call over VHF for any loopers and we thought someone needed help so we answered. It was Odyssey who had finished the loop last year, just wondering if anyone needed help. We talked to him and discussed the weather and he recommended that we go to Bear Drop Harbour (not sure how it got its name). We weathered the storm very well in this quiet protected anchorage.

Oak Point Anchorage near Hotham Island

46 08.665N

82 17.018W

Nice anchorage with few boats around. We saw Tom Turtle's brother here. The water is just a beautiful green color.

Little Current

All good things must come to an end. We had to say good by to our good friends at Little Current. We are taking a weather delay. We have met up with some loopers now and we had an info meeting last evening and are having cocktails on Our Time to night.