We reviewed the charts in the morning and made a tentative plan for cruising Georgian Bay. The early morning was hot and sunny followed by clouds and a few sprinkles coming in just as we left our slip at 11 am. The rain didn’t last too long but it did do a nice job of cooling things down for the rest of the day even when the sun came back out later in the afternoon. The topography changed to rugged granite outcroppings; some of the islands are barren and some have scattered vegetation and trees. The scenery was very beautiful but like nothing either of us have ever seen. It is difficult to describe the stillness and the feeling of opening up the senses. As we navigated, the peaceful feeling was tempered by the constant need to keep one eye on the lookout for rocks and channel markers and the other eye on the charts.
At 5:30 pm we dropped anchor in Wani Bay, a protected anchorage in Twelve Mile Bay. The unnamed island we were near is a heavily wooded piece of land that is part of the Georgian Bay Islands National Park and in the nature-reserve classification area. It didn’t take us long to let the dinghy down and do a little fishing and some exploring. Gale caught a small mouth bass right away and another larger small mouth hit on his lure, jumped out of the water, shook his head and spit it out!! Maureen practiced piloting the dinghy and took a few photos. Regrettably, the photos will not do justice to the actual beauty of this place.
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