Harbor Island and Cheboygan
On Thursday morning August 18th. Sue put her culinary talents to work and made a dockside breakfast for the Loopers at Thessalonia. And let me tell you she knocked it out of the park with a egg bake that had the masses clambering for more. We finally pulled away from the dock at 11am for a 20 mile cruise across the open waters of Lake Huron. Fortunately it was a dead calm day. We weaved our way into a nice protected anchorage in Harbor Island which is back in the good old USA. We were required to report our arrival but could not get any cell reception so we were very quiet. LOL. Razor’s Edge and Odessey
followed us and we all rafted up for the night. We did the usual dinghy exploration and some swimming. After dinner we collected on the Sundeck of Next Chapter and had a Canada debrief. basically what we liked, what we didn’t like and what was most unexpected. It was great to hear everybody’s perspective. Everyone agreed that the Canadian people were the highlight of the show. I must admit Sue and I were quite sad to leave the beauty of Georgian Bay.
The next morning on the way to De Tour Village we reported our arrival to immigrations over the CBP Roam app. Super easy and we received authorization to enter within a couple of minutes without ever talking to anyone. De Tour was only 24 miles. We stopped to get some much needed fuel and pick up a couple of packages we had sent there. We pulled off and headed 16 miles to Cheboygan which would be our port for the night.
We arrived to the marina and were given our slip assignment. Upon backing into the slip I felt a bang. “What was that,” I yelled. Sue said we did not hit anything but then yelled back, “There’s a rope caught in the prop.” Now we are dead in the water. Fortunately an experienced dockhand and a boater came to the rescue and helped rope us into the slip. Now it’s Friday at 2:30 and the last thing I had on my mind was diving the bottom of the boat and unfouling the props.
But there’s no cryin in boating. So I grabbed my dive gear and into the water I went. 15 minutes later the props were clear and we could get focused on more important things like laundry and a place for Happy Hour. Cheboygan is a really nice small Michigan town. We explored on bikes and stumbled across a Moose Lodge. We went in and asked if we could get a cold beer.
Well after a little scofflaw a kind member signed us in and cold beer was had. We then went looking for some grub. We stumbled across this neat looking little place called Queens Head Tavern. It was neatly appointed and nicely decorated. The owner John, originally from the UK jumped up and greeted us. I said, “ If you are the owner and took the time to greet us we will stay for dinner.” Turns out John and his lovely wife own several businesses 5 of which are all connected right at the restaurant. They have a small intimate theater called the Lark and three retail shops all with small bars in them so you can shop and drink at the same time. John was gracious enough to give us a tour of all of it even though they were closed for the evening. He was quite the host. We capped off the evening going to a nice bar across the way that had a couple of young guys playing guitar. They were pretty good and had the crowd jammin. The next morning we went to the Farmers Market and stocked up on some great Michigan produce, farm fresh eggs and a couple of homemade quiche’s.
They were tearing up the place
Inside Queens Head Tavern
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