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This is a blog about Peggy and Bob's Great Loop adventure which began in September 2008 in Lake Superior aboard "Baby Grand," their 32' Grand Banks trawler.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Heywood Island, Browning Cove 8-18-11
















We’ve been in Little Current for the past two days getting chores done as well as reconnecting with boaters we’ve met at anchorages and meeting some new and gold Loopers. We’ll be back in Little Current for a Cruisers’ Net rendezvous next week so I will take pictures then.

We joined the boat parade as the Little Current Bridge swung open to allow east and west traffic. Some of the cruising books and even the bridge sign note that the bridge stays open for 15 minutes on the hour, but it is really only 3 minutes and boats really hustle or have to tread water for another hour.

Our 8 mile trip today brings us past the gleaming Strawberry Island Lighthouse. The grounds and tower is closed so the best view is from the water.

Here we are in Browning Cove on Heywood Island. It is a low well-treed island which shelters a large bird population, including eagles, but they must be napping this afternoon. Tomorrow morning should be a treat. I wish my camera could capture the teal blue color of the water here as well as the hills of Killarney in the distance. This is a great place to dinghy around 3 bays and Mollie definitely had a good time.

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