August 26, Day 74 - In Killarney

We woke up to beautiful blue skies this morning. It was a bit breezy, but not as bad as yesterday. However, we decided we would spend another day in Killarney. We were out of milk, out of eggs, in general … out of breakfast stuff, so we walked up to the Gateway Restaurant for breakfast. Great food and wonderful looking pastries. We resisted the pastries, but probably won’t be able to do the same tomorrow as the blueberry scones really looked yummy. We’ll probably have to buy some later.

After breakfast we strolled through town and then back to the boat. As we were sitting there, we saw a BIG boat approach. It was the Flemming, Lady Victoria, owned by John and Vicki. These are the people that our friends Bill and Ruth (previous owners of our boat) have been trying to hook us up with. They were on their way back from Mackinac Island and the North Channel. We chatted a bit, they showed us their favorite anchorages in the North Channel and then we took a picture of all us of to prove we actually found each other in Killarney.

After that we spent a few hours trying to update the blog, answer e-mails, do banking and all that mundane stuff. After lunch at our “now favorite restaurant in Killarney” (the Gateway) we went exploring by dinghy. We went down to the lighthouse so we could get a picture. Yesterday, the weather kept up a little busy for picture taking. Then we motored up to Covered Portage Cove. We had planned on anchoring here after leaving Killarney, but decided a quick trip by dinghy would be sufficient. It would have been great to climb up the mountain to see the view, but Gerry’s ankle is still a bit sore and Linda didn’t want to go alone, so just visiting by dinghy was sufficient. This really was a neat place – totally surrounded by high cliffs and deep, clear water. It was filling up fast though. It looked like a sailboat rendezvous was taking place this weekend.

Back at the boat, we relaxed a bit and then headed back to the pool/bar area where we have access to internet. One way or another, we’re going to get current with the blog. Linda worked on that while Gerry updated routes for the coming week.

The Monk and the Flemming. The owner's of the Flemming previously owned a Monk like ours.

Gerry, Linda, Vicki, John and Bruno, the dog.

A little better picture of the Killarney lighthouse. Yesterday's picture was not too good, so we dinghied back out to take a better look.

Monk's Vineyard at the dock


The general store. Notice how they have a dock so you can just pull up in your dinghy to load up your supplies.

Same goes for the liquor store. Just pull up in your boat, load up, and off you go




Approaching Covered Portage Cove

One of the rock formations at the anchorage. Unfortunately, I took the picture at the wrong time. If you get it from the right angle, you can see an Indian's profile.

Some of the boats in the anchorage

A Mainship at anchor

.... and another boat in the anchorage. Lots of high rock walls

One of several sailboats entering the anchorage.

If you look really close you can see 3 little black dots in the water. Those are the noses of otters. They were playing on the dock, but got scared off when the dockmasters came around. Tried to take a picture anyway.

There was also a small weasel running around the place - see video clip below.

Video clip of the elusive otters.

A small weasel was also running around the area.