Change in Itinerary

So…..plans have changed.  While at Sault Ste. Marie we learned that the marinas we were counting on as fuel stops are not presently available.  Three have been shut done by the Canadian version of EPA for not meeting standards and the other experienced a flood in May which silted in their harbor. Without one of those fuel stops, we cannot safely cruise the north shore.

As a result, we have gone to plan B.  The south shore and then hopefully the north shore.  Here is the revised guess as to an itinerary.

July 2    Leave Sault Ste. Marie,  arrive Grand Marais, MI

July 3-6  Munising

July  7      Marquette

July  8-11   Keweenaw Pennisula

July   12  Ontonagon, MI

July 13-14   Bayfield, WI

July  15-20  Apostle Islands

July 21  Silver Bay, MN

July  22  Grand Marais, MN

July 23-24  Grand Portage, MN

July 25-31  Isle Royale

August 1    Thunder Bay, Ontario

When we reach this point,  we hope the north shore will have their fuel issues resolved and we can continue around via Red Rock, Slate Islands, Michipicoten Bay, and back to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

If that does not work, we will wait for really good weather and jump across the lake from Isle Royale to the Keweenau Penninsula and retrace some of the southern shore.

Either way, we plan to be back in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario around the 18^th of August.  We will then start to work our way to Chicago on a plan similar to the first agenda I posted.

To date we have had extraordinarily good weather with calm water.  I know this can’t continue the entire trip, but we surely are enjoying it while its here.