Temagami, Ontario - 9/24-25/2024

Road Trip Home - Tuesday (Day One)

0530-Day one of drive home. 52F in the boat at wake up!

Days verse: "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." (Mat 7:21)

0750-Study time and breakfast finished. I will clean up and go down for a last minute visit with my hosts and then get on the road.

Ready To Depart

0900-Departed Temagami. Good road conditions, but finally ran into rain in Sault Ste Marie until about 15 miles west.

Town of Temagami

1615-Arrived in Newberry. I had stopped for gas in the Sault and ended up being blocked by another vehicle and had to turn so tightly the equalizer bar jumped a peg due to loose bolts. Fortunately, I did not lose the bolts and on arrival in Newberry had to do some repair work before I could relax.

First Leg Of Drive Home
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I had to use a small crescent wrench to tighten the bolt using a screw driver to jam the upper head so it would not turn. I think it will hold until I get home. At least I discovered it before I lost parts. I need to bring along larger wrenches in the future.

Parked at Newberry Overnight

1715-Repair is done, time for dinner.

1915-Dinner was chicken wild rice soup, some toasted wheat bread, and white wine. I followed up with some Bailey's and chocolate truffles for dessert.

Currently working on the best route home. Looks like I will take highway 8 to hopefully see more fall color.

I may watch a movie before bed.

Road Trip Home - Wednesday (Day Two)

0500-Alarm went off. Rained last night. Since I did not put up the heater stack last night, I had to use the table top fire to warm up the cabin.

0650-Breakfast done, washing the dishes before I depart. Still dark out and cloudy.

1625-Arrived home in fair weather.

Last Leg Of The Drive Home
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Temagami, Ontario - 9/23/2024

Trip Day 18 - Monday

0550-Last day on the water. 62F/53F. Cloudy, breeze blowing out of the north.

0715-Study done. Verse for the day: "For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time."     (1Ti 2:5-6). 

Time for breakfast. 

0745-Finished breakfast, now preparing to depart the site. Cold and blustery compared to past few days. 68F/53F.

Bundled Up In The Cold Breeze-53F

0915-Arrived at the Leisure Island Houseboat docks and went into a slip. Cold! 4.9 miles traveled. Very late fall type of weather (October).

Leg 12 Track - 4.9 Miles

Arrival - Leisure Island Houseboats Docks

Destination - Town of Temagami

Used The Slip Temporarily

1200-Most of the work is done but can't access the ramp yet for pull out. Waiting to finish the job. Will have a glass of wine in the meantime.

Approach For First Attempt

Go Around - Try Again!

1530-Boat is out but with slight trauma. Alignment in the breezy winds made it difficult. But we made it happen.  Gear is stowed, I'm ready for a break.

Boat Out - Bent Starboard Guide Post

Beaver Taking Off From Downtown Temagami

1715-Had dinner of chicken fajita soup with a slice of Kings Hawaiian bread toasted accompanied by white wine. Strawberries are thawing for ice cream dessert. I'm grateful for this trip. The Lord blessed me in every aspect. Yes some things failed, but overall it was one of my best boat trips.

1835-Watched an internet video of the secret ops by Israel against the atomic facility in Iraq. Then watched the last half of the movie on my tablet I had started early in the trip called "Wingwomen".

1915-Movie almost over, time for bed.

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Temagami, Ontario - 9/22/2024

Trip Day 17 - Sunday

0510-66F/63F. Calm, heavy fog.

0645-Bible study, prayer, time done. Verse of the day: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast."  (Eph 2:8-9)

I will read out of Philip Yancey's book "Disappointment with God" before I make breakfast.

Fog is so thick I can't see the other shore, which is not far (200 yards).

0705-Time to make breakfast. Still heavy fog so I may delay departure until it lifts.

0745-Breakfast of granola, strawberries, milk, and OJ. Fog persists and is too heavy to fly the drone.

0800-Fiddling around trying to get going but I need the fog to lift to fly the drone on my departure.

Local Area At Departure

0820-Fog is lifting. Getting ready to leave. Flew the drone as I departed the site. Fog still hanging around.

Fog Lifting

Pulling The Lines For Departure

Underway Finally!

Immature Loon

Leisure Island Houseboat (#11) still at the entrance, which was a surprise. 

Leisure Island Houseboat - Near Entrance (See Jeff's Map)

Weather is cloudy, with a light breeze. No rain and warm. 69F/69F.

1045-Arrived at my final boat site for this trip. Traveled 11.2 miles in calm seas. Some sun breaking through at times.

Leg 11 Track - 11.2 Miles

I'm  hungry so will make a snack to hold me till dinner.

Arrived At New Boat Site

1215-Made a chicken salad sandwich to have with some chips and white wine. It hit the spot. I had a chocolate truffle for dessert. Waiting for a Zoom call with the kids at 1300.

1700-Fiddled around all afternoon as Zoom failed again because I did not check my laptop battery and it crashes when plugged into the charger. I postponed until 7 pm when we will try again. Then I discovered my backup Li-ion battery was dead so I can't recharge the primary solar battery. Not only did my aft panels fail on this trip but so did the backup power. Nevertheless, I should make it.

I sat up on shore for a while after jumping in the lake to clean up. Time to make dinner. And then it began to rain!

Shore Side Perch

1750-Had roast port, rolls, with red wine for dinner. No more salad or potatoes. I will bake some cookies to have with ice cream for a treat.

1820-Fresh hot Mrs. Fields chocolate chip cookies with Haggen Daz ice cream is hard to beat as a treat!

It is raining steady now. 74F/67F. It is supposed to get into the 40's F tonight. Much cooler tomorrow. Looks like I may have a break in the weather for loading the boat.

1930-Got Zoom started but my computer crashed again so I ended that effort. I will have to fix that when I get home.

1945-Time to hit the sack. 

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