[Rhodes22-list] Blue Loon on Lake Superior

[Julie Thorndycraft]

Slim,
That was so much fun on Saturday and sailing up the channel was a hoot! Dan
was actually getting a workout from all those fast tacks! Mitch didn't think
we'd make it until you showed him the path - he said peer pressure got the
best of him.

Yes, we went back out with the dog and dinner. Got all tucked away in the
bay in about 2.5 feet of water. The mosquitoes started swarming at dusk but
the pop-top enclosure saved our blood. We had dinner on board and listened
to the weather. When they announced that both Carver and Hennepin were in a
tornado watch until 10pm and a severe thunderstorm watch till 3am, we
decided to bail out. The power boats all made the same decision - one big
exodus. We went back to the dock in a major downpour but it had been so hot
that it was actually refreshing. I think we made it back in about 11pm.

The dog did fine but we didn't have to get him ashore from the boat. He
likes to stick his head out at the bottom side of the pop-top enclosure -
looks kind of funny seeing this big, black nose poking out.

I think we're going to be back out on Wednesday night for a dinner cruise if
the weather cooperates and we should be out again this weekend. I'll try to
remember the bread the next time....
Julie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Alm" <salm at mn.rr.com>
To: "Rhodes" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Blue Loon on Lake Superior


> Julie and Dan,
>
> Nice shots!  And thanks for the fun boat picnic.  We're glad to have you
on
> our side of the lake.  May we have many more!  Did you stay out that
night?
> We had a huge storm that hit us about 10:30pm in Mpls, but I don't think
the
> lake was hit.
>
> Slim
>
> On 8/2/04 6:19 PM, "Julie Thorndycraft" <julie at circle7.net> wrote:
>
> > Attached is a picture of Blue Loon on the Ontario side of Lake Superior
by Red
> > Rock/Rossport. The island they anchored at is St. Ignace and as you can
tell,
> > it's pretty much a wilderness area. I'm amazed at how calm the water
is - Lake
> > Superior did not live up to it's reputation.
> >
> > Dan found the Lady Slipper while hiking on the island - it's not sailing
but
> > some of you will appreciate it.
> >
> > Julie
> > s/v Blue Loon
> > Name: StIgnace.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 439670 bytes Desc: not
available
> > Url:
> >
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> >
> > Name: LadySlipper.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 473648 bytes Desc: not
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> > Url:
> >
>
http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attch/200408/02/LadySlipper.
> jp> g
> >
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