Headed back to the Homeland

After weathering the storm at Croker Island, we headed southwest to Gore Bay.

Gore Bay is one of two incorporated towns on the island, which will give you an idea of the population of the island.

Gore Bay is also the government seat of the island.

It is a small town, incorporated in 1890 and is still a bit depressed from the COVID pandemic.

We anchored outside the marina. After lowering the dinghy, we motored to the marina and explored the town.

Much to Libbie’s delight, we discovered tennis courts close to the harbor.

We did a little provisioning, and had dinner at a new Farm to Table restaurant in Gore Bay.

The huge smoked lamb / beef / fennel meatballs served in freshly made Mariana sauce were excellent, along with fresh polenta and summer squash. There is plenty for both of us, and we were very happy when we left that restaurant.

We went back to Selke for the night.

In the morning Libbie talked me into playing tennis. We had a lot of fun at these new tennis courts.

A couple of gentlemen that were on the next court over noted that they never seen a woman play at those tennis courts.

We both chuckled. Libbie has been a leader for a long time pushing boundaries where women aren’t usually seen.

We went back to Selkie, pulled up anchor, and headed out for Caroline Island.

It was a gorgeously flat day.

Caroline Island is the one of the furthest west-most islands in the Whaleback Channel part of the North channel. When we anchored we were the only boat in sight.

The weather continue to be calm overnight.

When Libbie and I woke the next morning, we headed west again targeting a town called Thessalon for another overnight in a marina.

As we came close to Thessalon, we looked at each other and said, “Do you want to keep going?” The answer was yes. We continued on.

We continued on to Moffat Bay where we had stayed last year. When we got there we looked at each other and said, “Do you want to keep going? The answer was yes. We continued on.

We continued to a bay close to the Canadian and US border that we had stayed in last year and anchored for the night.

This part of the journey has been more about going west to get back to the US than anything else. Even so we found beautiful places and had great experiences in this part of the trip.

Our next step was to check into the US and immigrate back into the US. We also had to import our dinghy we had purchased in Canada into the US.

That story will be for another blog entry coming soon.