Day 341: Sunday, August 11, 2013

Port to Port: Starr Island to Regatta Bay

Underway: 8:44 am      Motor Off: 4:24 pm      Miles Traveled: 37/39      Stayed At: Anchor

First Things First: First time eating at Henry’s Fish Camp.

Mile 24 to Mile 56 and Mile 10 to Mile 17 : Before we went to bed last night we had planned a short day to Echo Bay, another stop from 2002. But, the more we thought about it, we decided to tack on some more mileage while the traveling is good. So we re-plotted  the course and decided to aim for Regatta Bay, also a 2002 stop.

Aurora led the way (we are the slowest boat) and, after some more weaving and rolling, found our way to Henry’s Fish Camp. It is one of those places that is living off of it’s past and the fact that there isn’t any other place to eat for miles around. So lots of people end up here – it is even a popular float-plane stop. The food wasn’t special but at least we can now say we’ve been to Henry’s now.

We got ice and headed out to finish up our next 20 miles on another great travel day. The wind died off a little as the afternoon wore on and we enjoyed the ever-changing scenery. Spiritus was first in to Regatta Bay and we anchored nearby followed by Carina. Eddy came over to pick us up for a shore break. We were in awe over the terrain – massive glacier scored granite bedrock, green lichens, crunchy, dried up moss and small trees and bushes made up the landscape. We even found one tiny outcropping of sweet ripe blackberries (Eddy had four and I had three).

We enjoyed another nice boat-tails on Spiritus as the sun set over the granite islands and I won Quiddler…again. What more could we ask for?

In Passing: Starvation Bay, One Tree Island, Devil’s Elbow Channel, Peacock Island, Smooth Island, McMurry Rocks, Snow Island, Frying Pan Island, Pancake Island (making me hungry),  Beauty Island, Parry Sound, Peachy Island.