Day 8.......has begun early. We leave our slip here in Little Current, Manitoulin Island, North Channel, Ontario, Canada in an hour or so and head out looking for the perfect new anchorage. CSO is up on deck reading and re-reading the charts and books, to see where there might be the fewest boats in a secluded place that protects us from the most wind........but not too much or you set yourself up for bugs, bugs, and more bugs. Little Current has been mostly devoid of bugs, knats, mosquitos, and dragon flies. How we fared with spiders will not be known until I pull in the lines and fenders and see what comes speedily crawling out. (My least-favorite part of being the First-and-Last Mate)
This is my last chance at any meaningful wi-fi until who knows when so I'm making the best of my laptop and time and creating one last posting online. On my other days I'll go back to composing in Word and then later copying and pasting.
Little Current has been a delightful change of pace and I'm certain we'll visit here again on our next God-willing North Channel trip. For the most part, other boaters are very friendly and will readily stop to chat with strangers. Your floating dock then becomes a miniature, albeit temporary "community", with faces that you recognize, can greet, and dogs that you can pet, kind of like "rent-a-dog".
We'll request help getting out of the slip this morning and pray to the water Gods that the current is not beastly and that we have no departure drama.
Until we meet again,
Ancora imparo
