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After a quiet night with no wind and a star filled sky, we awoke to a cold morning. It was another beautiful  sunnyday, but we lingered to let the temperature climb. We retrieved our line from the tree, weighed anchor and were out on the lake at 0900 for the short trip to the mouth of the Michipicoten River. I called Brad Buck of Buck’s Marina  by cell phone and he confirmed he would meet us at the mouth of the river and lead us up the narrow channel to a spot near his marina where we could anchor. That’s what happened and by 1100 we were anchored in 3 feet of water 100 yards from the marina.  I am very happy he was there to guide us as the entrance to the river is very different than when were hear in 2005.  There was much less current with which  to deal , but the channel was much narrower at about 30 feet. Going up the river I had 1 foot under the boat one time and then only 5 inches in another  spot.

After taking Brad and his young son Travis to lunch at the Kinniwabi Pines restaurant, we came back to the boat , transferred 17.5 gallons of diesel  from jerry cans into my main tank and refilled the jerry cans at the marina’s fuel dock. We now can motor all the way to Rossport if we have to. The rest of the afternoon was spent doing the only objectionable task of cruising doing  our laundry. 

We plan to stay here tomorrow as the forecast is for 20-25 knots of wind from the southwest veering to the west and 6-7 foot seas.  Brad has said he will drive us into Wawa when he goes there on business and we can catch a cab home. The number one priority on my list is cell phone service to talk to Marcy and then to find a barber. After 5 weeks, I am getting shabby.