Day 27 – Saturday, June 19, 2010

N – 46° 40.424’
W – 085° 58.979’
Grand Marais, Michigan

5:15 am I was up – made coffee – hit the shower then dressed.

5:30 checked the weather on the computer, the results were good.

5:45 called the lock to check on traffic – they were wide open.

6:00 I told my Barb and the Flints that it was a GO!

The next 45 minutes covered breakfast – pit stops, walking the dog (yes the Flints have a super boat dog - Molly) securing electrical power, disconnecting water and warming the engines.

6:45 I made a quick call to the lock control to verify our intent and we headed for the lock. The gate was open and they gave us the green light. John and I drove our boats into the lock for a quick 20 foot lift then headed for Lake Superior.

The weather looked threatening for most of the day but we were ahead of it or parallel to it most of the time. The water was flat when we left the locks and slowly built to 1 ½ feet then back to flat again. A little while later it built to 2 ½ feet some times 3 feet then held at 1 foot until the last hour when it did what ever it wanted - not terrible but uncomfortable.

We were on the water for 10 hours and cruised 92.5 miles. At this point I am not sure what tomorrow will bring but I am sure it will be fun filled and interesting! There may be a harbor car available for seeing the town! If there is we will probably stay one additional night. Our next port of call is 40 miles away in Munising.

Left top picture - approaching the Soo lock

Center left - approaching the lock

Bottom - in the lock

On right - leaving the lock