Day 41 & 42, July 31 and August 1, 2022

 Day 41, Sunday July 31, 2022

Henry's Fish Restaurant to Parry Sound

Late 10am start for a short travel day to Parry Sound.  We enjoyed our overnight stay at Henry's; quiet and calm once boat and plane traffic was gone.  Sunny and promising to be a nice day.

Voyage was good -- LOTS of boat traffic, especially since it was the weekend.  Obviously there is a huge disregard for "No Wake" zones.  Major concern for us would be an 18 foot clearance railroad swing bridge that only opens on the hour, last opening at 5pm.  Don't want to miss that!  No worries, we'll put the mast down and have 16' 9" clearance.  No need to wait for the bridge opening.

We reached the bridge and it looked close so I climbed onto the summer kitchen to be lookout -- good thing as we forgot to lower our antennae!!  We scrambled to lower them and then under we went.  Water levels were high as we only had an inch to spare.... I was holding my breath....

Settled in at the marina we walked to town, ate Italian (leftovers for tomorrow), and enjoyed some ice cream (Sugar shack - maple with chocolate chunks, maple candy coated nuts - yum). 

Travel by land, sea and "air".

Strand Theater -- nothing like ours!

Local cruises are available.Local wildlife

We planned a 2 day stay due to weather the next day.

Day 42, Monday August 1, 2022

Big Sound Marina, day 2.  Weather was predicted as high winds and 100% precipitation.  Dreary all day but rains never started until around 3pm. Spent the day cleaning the boat and laundry with lots of route planning and comparison.

We used the washer/dryer on board for only the second time, this time with actual laundry in it.  I was able to wash a set of queen size sheets and 2 pillowcases but the dryer just couldn't handle it.  I had to split the load and do each separately.  Finally it all dried.  It didn't matter, we were in no hurry to get anywhere.

Parry Sound is an anchorage for a couple of cruise ships. 

A ship from Victoria Cruise Lines was anchored off shore. 

We watched tenders from the boat ferry passengers to town.

Socially distanced BBQs.

 Local resident, Hilda, enjoying a swim.

Off to Byng Inlet, Britt Ontario tomorrow.  We'll spend 2 nights due to the predicted weather.