Killarney, Ontario

We woke up by 5:30 on Tuesday, August 21 so we could leave early due to the weather forecast.  We wanted to make it to either an anchorage or all the way to Killarney if we could.  That way we would be in a good place when the higher winds that were forecasted for the following day occur.  It turned out that our night on anchor was very calm. We climbed onto the dinghy to to untie the two lines that secured us to the shore and pulled anchor by 6:45.

We headed across Lake Huron and had a very bouncy ride for the first hour until we could make a turn and have the waves on our quarter.  During this rough passage, the table in the saloon toppled over even though it was secured by bungee cords and the oven door flew open and all the pans tumbled out.  (We hadn’t secured things as well as we should have). Georgio was very uncomfortable and had two accidents probably because it was too rough for him to make it to the litter box in time.  Lynn held him closely during much of this passage. 

Finally, after about two hours we entered the inside passage of Beaverstone Bay and a most beautiful portion of our journey.  There was negligible boat traffic and very few cottages lining these shores.  We passed a couple of lovely anchorages we could have chosen to stay at but we pushed on. 

We cruised on to Killarney which meant crossing one more short section of open water which we did in 30 minutes without any trauma.  We arrived at Killarney Mountain Marina by noon. This was a very attractive resort-style marina that looked a little like a mini Montebello but we actually liked it better - it was more casual and laid back.

We walked around the grounds and into the the tiny town of Killarney where we stopped at a fish and chips joint for lunch.  We sat out on a picnic table overlooking another marina and as we were finishing it started to sprinkle.

Upon returning to Zendo, Lynn walked up to the local laundromat to wash the towel that Georgio peed on.  There was a free laundry at the marina but only one washer and three people were already lined up to use it. It was a very rainy afternoon.

We had originally made dinner reservation at the marina’s restaurant but we didn’t care for its ambiance so we cancelled and Lynn made a delicious dinner of sausage and peppers with the unique lamb-rosemary sausage Jonny had purchased at the butcher in Toronto.  Jonny did some more trip planning and after dinner we walked up to the marina’s attractive cocktail lounge to hear a singer who has a big following in this part of Canada. He was actually very entertaining singing mostly songs made popular by Canadians.  It was definitely a fun evening.  The lounge was designed around a huge central open fireplace but it was prohibited from being used because of the forest fires that have hit this part of the country this summer.  Fortunately for us they have abated enough so we are not prevented from seeing areas we had planned to visit.