AndinI - Barb & Tim

  Finishing Lake Superior - Marquette MI to Sault St Marie Sunday – Tuesday, Aug 6 – 8   – Marquette MI Sunday was a travel day but were able to get docked and have dinner at Vierling, a local restaurant/brewery.  Monday and Tuesday, we caught up on some chores (laundry/ boat wash, fuel and pump out).  We also explored the town.  Marquette reminds me of MN Iron Range towns due to their connection with iron ore mining.  Tim of course sought out another of MI’s fine breweries – Blackrock Brewing and Ore Dock Brewing.  Blackrock Brewery   Ore Docks at Marquette   Wednesday – Sunday, Aug 9 – 13 - Munising, MI Wednesday was an all-day travel day to Munising.  We checked out the town which is very much influenced by the tourism of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.  We checked out their 2 breweries ByGorge Brewing and East Channel Brewing.  ByGeorge was our favorite.  On Thursday, our good frien...

 Saturday – Monday July 29.-31 Woodbine Harbor and Boat Harbor We are now on our own in the beautiful Canadian north shore as we head east, and our good friends Kari and Danny are heading back west.  Our first destination was Woodbine Harbor on Simpson Island which provided good wind protection from all directions.  Our intention was to try and hike up to Kenny Lake and catch some trout dinner, but we didn’t have it in us to bushwack through the woods but instead just relaxed and caught up on quiet reading for 2 days.  It was very beautiful and relaxing.  Our next stop was Boat Harbor on Wilson Island.  We sailed past Battle Island which has a beautiful lighthouse on the way to Boat Harbor.  We were not able to stop for a visit due to NE winds which exposed the anchorage.  This lighthouse had a manned lighthouse from 1877 to 1992.  We had another quiet night in Boat Harbor.   Woodbine Harbor   Battle Island Li...