Day 60 Obstacle Island to Bad River Wednesday July 18, 2018

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Day 60 Obstacle Island to Bad River Wednesday July 18, 2018

Day 60 Obstacle Island to Bad River Wednesday July 18, 2018

The clear evening sky of yesterday stayed through to morning but this allowed the temperatures to drop to the upper 50s – great sleeping night if the Admiral had not taken all the blankets in a crocodile death roll with the covers – but she is cute even in her sleeping habits. The cool air did cause me to awake pre- dawn so I could make my coffee and get the Mavic up to bring you the wonderful photos below – the bright side of everything, eh? The rest of the day remained bright and sunny. The temperatures were in the low 70s. The breeze arose to 20 knots in the afternoon but we were safely anchored. It was a marvelous day.

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This photo is from last night in Obstacle Island. The moon was floating in the sea of indigo and you can even see a planet in the middle of the photo. Wish cameras could see as well as us mere mortals but this captures as goodly portion of the site I was fortunate so see.

We left the anchorage about 9:00 and had a beautiful and calm ride to Bad River, a trip of about 10 miles. Shortly after leaving our anchorage we were in relatively open water. We came close to the old light house and range markers on Bustard Rocks. As we turned more westerly we got a wonderful view of the Killarney Mountains, the La Cloche Mountains I believe is the correct name. It really reminded us of home in Maine and seeing the Acadia Mountains from Casco Passage.

We then turned to starboard and traveled about five miles to the turn northward into Bad River – which turned out to be good – but in a blow could be very bad indeed. In fact we had to check the weather because you can easily get trapped in here if the wind comes up much. You would be very safe but also very hunkered down until good weather.

There was plenty of room to anchor in 12 feet of water. The anchorage was wonderful with a bold rock wall to the west. As it was lunch time, we decided that our noon repast was in order before we set off in the dinghy to explore.

The split in the rock below took us into the labyrinth of streams and channels. Look at a chart or even Google Maps and satellite view to see what I mean.

There is even a rapid that you can run to get above and into a great estuary system beyond.

We watched a boat zoom into the narrow fast flowing water and disappear around the into the rocks above. Knowing that others have tried and we saw him do it we thought we would try. I made it over the first standing water but then there were more rocks and fast water and not time to scout it out. I did not see where he went after the initial zoom up the rapid. I banged the motor some on a rock and decided time to turn around – fun ride back out and no damage except to my pride. It didn’t matter as we had all the dinghy riding we wanted in the directly accessed area. A few photos cannot convey our awestruck reaction to sights we experienced. But here are a few.

We were gone about an hour and a half. The rest of the afternoon were just relaxing and writing the blog. The sunset was beautiful. Here is a panoramic photo looking to the east shore of the anchorage.

And as I am adding the photos several days later account no cell signal in the middle of nowhere - how inconsiderate- I can add several photos from the Mavic that I was able to fly the morning before our departure. Trust this gives you a better sense of the majesty of this place.