We're in Midland / Penetang 7/29/2008

Hello All:

We are at the eastern end of the Georgian Bay, the far northern section of Lake Huron. We will be leaving tomorrow to cruise the Georgian Bay and the North Channel and should be in Michigan in about 10 days. There are about 12 looper boats spread out over 3 marinas in the area. We spent all of yesterday together hearing about the waters ahead of us. You could spend weeks here and not see all there is to see. We, along with several other boats, have hired a captain familiar with this area to guide us along our way. He will be staying on "MoJo" since Rick is alone on his boat for a while. We are looking forward to relaxing and letting someone else take the responsibility of navigating and planning routes, etc.

We passed through the Big Chute on Saturday morning. What a thrill that was. I'm posting pictures - most were taken by Diane aboard "Bella Luna". We traded cameras so that we could take pictures of each other. We drove the boat onto a wooden frame, were lifted out of the water and transported to a lake several hundred feet down a hillside. What a thrill - like a giant roller coaster.

See you out there somewhere . . . .

Ann & Rob