The season wrapped up uneventfully – some excellent weather and the opportunity to anchor off Canatera Park and some trips to Port Huron
I did manage to get a few minites of video and will try to put it together. I confess to not being good at it or having great equipment.
At the resteruant dock in St Clair - we tied here on one of our day trips.
Late summer dawn - view from the cockpit at Bridgeview
Early morning at our dock
Plan B as viewed from George's flying bridge
Sea Ray Girl casting us off
Cycling superstar Will helming down the St Clair River
Entering the Pine River and St Clair Harbor
Early morning in St Clair
L to R George, Jen, Sea Ray Girl and yours truly - in our cockpit at anchor
Liddy chillin'
Mary and Austin
Will and Carley and unknown person scooping chip dip!
"The Kids" preparing to jump
one, two, three, jump!!
Jen helming the mighty Plan B towards the Blue Water Bridge
Rescue? No Thanks…..
Williams’s girlfriend – Arianne came for a visit one weekend (she lives in Gataneau) and we took her to the boat for the week-end. We decided to head across to Port Huron for dinner - something a bit different. So, like when Austin came with us, Arianne does not have Nexus. The process is not difficult but it is time consuming. You have to tie up on the river at Desmonds Marina and then call in and explain you have a visitor with a passport but no Nexus. You are told very clearly not to leave the boat and wait for CBA officers to arrive. It takes about half an hour and then they check the paperwork over and ask questions. This time they did not board the boat and we got the OK to move 200 yards up the river and tie up by the restaurant. Time consuming but at least we were sitting in the sun, no shots were fired and no one was arrested.
I put the bilge blowers on and as we waited to start up a call came over the VHF. A 23 ft cruiser had lost power and was drifting down the St Clair River just south of the Black River. They were speaking with the US Coastguard and having difficulty getting an anchor down. I looked at Sea Ray Girl. “We should go help – if it was us drifting I would want some help” Nodding agreement we cast off and headed back out to the St Clair. I agreed that if we could see the boat we would offer assistance but I was not trolling up and down the river looking for the boat. We spotted a small boat over near the Canadian shore that might fit the description and headed across to see. As we closed up Sea Ray Girl went up on the bow to talk with the crew who unzipped the back cover and climbed out. We asked if they were the boat radioing for assistance. Affirmative. Did they want a tow back to Port Huron (they were a US boat) because we were heading there? The answer was a surprise. “No thanks. We are going to wait for the Coast Guard.” Hmm…….a choice between getting a tow now or waiting who knows how long for the Coast Guard boat to show up and all that time end expense. Strange. Anyway, assured they wanted to wait we headed back and enjoyed a nice dinner!
