August 7, 2011 Dateline: Gore Bay, Ontario Canada
I got going before 8 AM this morning. Rich and Carol debated whether or not to go because of the weather forecast. Needless to say they decided to go. The trip was going to be short, some 36 miles, and I was traveling alone. Traveling alone means I can get up on plane and move faster than the trawlers.
Last night in Little Current there were 11 boats on the Loop. The marina was so large that we were not near any one of them.
Along the way, I passed a few degrees north of the 46th Parallel. The 46th Parallel is the furthest north that I will go, so from here on in it is all south to Key West. Key West is months away.
I have always said it is better to be lucky than smart. Today was a lucky day for Rich and Carol. Right after I got them into the marina the skies opened up and the rain came down. They stayed dry----and me—well I guess you don’t need any hints.
About an hour or so after I arrived, Plain Jane arrived—in the rain. She had left Little Current shortly after me this morning but she’s a trawler and travels a lot slower. She also burns a lot less fuel than I do. I first met Plain Jane in Brewerton, NY. She had also been pulled out of the water for some work.
Yesterday, Rich and Carol loaded a new program into my weather chartplotter. The old program was “unstable” after a while. Carol didn’t want to look at the screen because most of it was covered with green and black indicating rain and heavy rain.
The town of Gore Bay is small but it has a few wall murals. They are not as elaborate as those in Midland but they make the town nice. While walking around Gore Bay, Rich and Carol came upon a garage sale. Walking around the sale was this dog. They asked its owner what breed he was, a Coton was the answer. He move and acted just like Sandra’s dog Monty. 
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