It
was an extremely short trip today – just 2.5 miles from Killarney to one of our
favorite anchorages in Covered Portage Cove.
Yesterday when we came over in the dinghy there were four boats anchored
in the outer harbor and another nine boats anchored inside. However, when we arrived this morning there
was only one boat anchored outside and just two on the inside. So we picked a spot that looked good, set the
anchor and then dropped the dinghy so we could tie a stern line to shore. Bob and Ivy on Karma are traveling with us for a few days, so Fred helped get
their stern line to shore as well.
Once
the boats were settled, we decided to head to shore for a hike, hoping to get
to the top of the rock cliffs on the south shore of the anchorage and look down
onto our boats at anchor. Along with Bob and Ivy from Karma, Jim and Gloria with Buddy
from Crawdad (Gold Loopers who keep
their boat up the river from us in Bay City) also joined us for the hike. We landed the dinghies and headed up a trail
that took us to the north shore of the anchorage, but it wasn’t the path Fred
and I had taken years ago when we were anchored here, so we went off trail
looking for the path we remembered. It
was a good hike with plenty of ups and downs and lots of scrambling over rocks. After an hour or so of hiking, we finally
found the trail Fred and I remembered.
Everyone was game to see where it led, so off we went. More uphill climbing took us to the south
side of the anchorage, but we could not find a way to get close enough to the
cliff edge to actually see the cove below – we were all very tired by this
point and decided we’d seen enough so we headed back to the dinghies. We found our way back down to the shore, but
discovered we were quite a distance from where we left the dinghies. Fred volunteered to hike back to the dinghies
and then run a ferry service to get everyone back to their dinghy. Instead of doing the ferry rides he hopped in
our dinghy and towed the other two behind him – it was really quite the picture
(which I unfortunately didn’t get because Fred had the camera). Six very tired people got in their dinghies
and headed back to their boats.
Although
we didn’t have much sun today and the skies weren’t very blue, it was still a
wonderful day and evening to be at anchor in a truly beautiful spot.
Miles: 2.5 Bridges: 0 Locks:
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| Can you see the profile of the Indian's face in the rocks? |
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| Boreas at anchor in Covered Portage Cove |
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| the beautiful quartzite cliffs on the north shore of Covered Portage Cove |
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| part of the hiking path we walked on |
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| the "gang" waiting for a rescue from Fred |
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| Covered Portage Cove |
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| two otters entertained us with their rock climbing and swimming |
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| sharing Covered Portage Cove with an otter |
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