While at Duncan Bay we met Byron and Germaine Smith, they are friends of Sky and Lynne Cheney and have a Hatteras motor yacht just like the Cheney's. We also met Dick and Karen Robinson, who live in Grand Ledge like us and have a Viking 41 just like ours.
I had parked my motorcycle at the auto parts store in Cheboygan, and when I came out there was an older gentleman sitting on his Honda scooter next to mine. He asked me where I'd gotten it, and we ended up having a very nice discussion. He had a 2008 Honda scooter, but what impressed me about him, was he was 85 years old. Neat guy, and it's these kind of people that will make this trip special.
A picture of the new Ice breaker Mackinaw located in Cheboyban.
Wednesday June 24 we finally got underway again. We had been sitting, waiting on the logistics of the Canadian air card we had purchased to clear up before we proceeded into Canadian waters. Got word that the air card would arrive Gore Bay on Thursday. So we left Duncan Bay at 7:30 am for Detour Village, a 38.9 mile passage. I did a fuel mileage check between Duncan Bay and Detour running 8MPH the entire way, and got an astonishing 1.75 MPG. At 8MPH I start to kick up about an 18 inch wave.
We picked up three bundles of mail at Detour, and met three great couples while at Detour. From left to right in the picture. Donna and Frank, Pat and Dave, Rosita and Bob. They were there by boat and were out of Duncan Bay. We all went out to supper together. The picture of the Freighter is Thursday Morning just we were about to leave for Gore Bay, Ont.
I had parked my motorcycle at the auto parts store in Cheboygan, and when I came out there was an older gentleman sitting on his Honda scooter next to mine. He asked me where I'd gotten it, and we ended up having a very nice discussion. He had a 2008 Honda scooter, but what impressed me about him, was he was 85 years old. Neat guy, and it's these kind of people that will make this trip special.
A picture of the new Ice breaker Mackinaw located in Cheboyban.
Wednesday June 24 we finally got underway again. We had been sitting, waiting on the logistics of the Canadian air card we had purchased to clear up before we proceeded into Canadian waters. Got word that the air card would arrive Gore Bay on Thursday. So we left Duncan Bay at 7:30 am for Detour Village, a 38.9 mile passage. I did a fuel mileage check between Duncan Bay and Detour running 8MPH the entire way, and got an astonishing 1.75 MPG. At 8MPH I start to kick up about an 18 inch wave.
We picked up three bundles of mail at Detour, and met three great couples while at Detour. From left to right in the picture. Donna and Frank, Pat and Dave, Rosita and Bob. They were there by boat and were out of Duncan Bay. We all went out to supper together. The picture of the Freighter is Thursday Morning just we were about to leave for Gore Bay, Ont.
This is such a fantastic trip. How long will you be gone and to what places will you be visiting? I am astonished at the MPG...but then, I am an accountant so I would focus on that right? HAHA. Can't wait for the next update.
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