Gorgeous Georgian Bay

As soon as we entered Georgian Bay, we were entranced by the scenery!  The rocks were low, smooth, and pink, while they transition beautifully into a bright green landscape of forest.  This exciting feeling of NEW, is the thing that seems to energize our souls.  Whenever we enter an area that provides new features, we are like children at Disney…oohhh…look at that, wow…how beautiful, this place is AMAZING!  We are excited, and alive, and ready to explore.

I will admit to being a bit overwhelmed when it came to planning our route (and stops) through Georgian Bay.  This chart screen shot will give you an idea of the immense number of possibilities, just within this 5 mile area.  I decided, for the first time in my life, to reach out to Facebook cruising groups to get guidance from other cruisers, as well as, two sets of cruising friends from Ontario.  Since our style of cruising is very different from that of most cruisers (we like to anchor and experience nature…as opposed to traveling from marina to marina) I was careful to preface the question with our desire to hike and kayak.   The response I received was amazing, and after tallying all of the suggestions I was able to create a route that I felt really good about.  A route that would allow us to visit ‘must see’ locations, while giving us plenty of opportunity to ‘get off the beaten path’.

This post shares pictures from our first four anchorages in Georgian Bay.  All pictures were taken within a few miles of the anchoring coordinates listed with the name.

Our first stop…

Indian Harbor  42° 02’ 01”N, 80° 00’ 33”W

Exploration by kayak & drone

From this view, you can easily see the underwater rocks.

And it always feels good to come home!

Wreck Island 45° 08’ 33”N, 80° 05’ 45”W

Exploration by hiking & dinghy

Hiking rocks along a shoreline is my favorite way to explore.

No honey…I don’t think a tadpole tank on the boat is a good idea!

Hale Bay 45° 17’ 03”N, 80° 15’ 42”W

We enjoyed the scenery from the top deck…

Ugh…big underwater rocks are sooo close to the channel.  Several people have told us that we will not get out of Georgian Bay without hitting a rock…scenes like this have us concerned they might be right.

Frederick Inlet 45° 29’ 28”N, 80° 25’ 59”W

Exploration by dinghy and foot.  

Frequently, we like to nose the Whaler against a rock and hop off to explore.  Here we found an internal pond enclosed by rocks.  We were both mesmerized by the life in the pond.  We sat on the rock for a very long time, perfectly contented in watching tadpoles, small fish, and skater bugs going about their daily routine.  When people ask how we could possibly live in such close quarters without killing each other…this type of activity comes to mind.  We are compatible because we are easily entertained by the wonders of nature, and are probably the same kind of crazy/weird 😉

Some of the tadpoles were starting to sprout their little frog legs…this one wasn’t that far along!

I hope you can take the time to enjoy nature’s beauty!