Tie Island, Ontario – July 26, 2008

We were up at 5 this morning, planning to leave as soon as it was light. The forecast had been for light wind, picking up later in the morning and we had hoped to get across the open water before that. We found that the wind had picked up during the night and we decided to stay at anchor another day rather than attempting the crossing.

Bob and Margaret had us over for breakfast. Bacon and pancakes topped with the blueberries Bob picked yesterday. It was delicious!

Darrell and Bob went fishing again. Still no luck. Beth puttered around the boat, doing some cleaning and getting caught up on other things.

Beth also checked out the hammock on Bellissimo.

We went over to Bellissimo for snacks and drinks and noticed that the boats were getting closer to a huge rock. Bob’s first anchor was slipping. The wind had started blowing quite hard in the late afternoon and we thought that’s what caused it. Darrell got our second anchor out, a 60 pound Danforth, and secured it to our boat. He and Bob got it in Bob’s dinghy, drove a fair distance and dropped it in the water. Luckily it caught the first time. We now had 4 anchors holding our boats in the rocky bottom. We hope it will come up easily when we leave.