Happy New Year
January 1 Starting the year with an outdoor fire – wonderful!
February 13 Party Gras dinner with Nancy and Kathy
February 27 and 62 degrees F at Lake Calhoun
March 4 2016 Minneapolis Loppet Skijoring Event
March 1 Neil and Elaine
March 1 Spring in Sedona
March 1 Remains of an old guest house in Sedona
Dan and Elaine preparing the Cioppino
March 2 Dan making fish stock
March 5 Neil, Julie and Dan hiking along Oak Creek
March 5 A Balancing Rock City along Oak Creek
March 5 Photo by Neil King – the most photographed spot in Sedona!
March 6 Balancing rocks along the hiking trail
May 22 6AM – Special K with Kevin, Kathy, and Dan leave Barkers Island heading for Bayfield
May 28 Women Who Sail in Bayfield WI
June 4 Steve and Maria – Great to see an old friend and make a new friend!
June 17 Dinner with Kevin and Kathy at the Fat Radish, Bayfield WI
June 17 Port and Cheese at the Fat Radish
June 18 North Wind Organic Farm, Bayfield WI
June 21 Farewell to Pikes Bay – a Sailor’s Paradise
June 21 Sunrise as we depart Bayfield, WI Lake Superior
June 24 Hike overlooking Lake Superior with Sherie and Dennis
June 24 Thimbleberry Flower
June 24 Eagle Harbor Lighthouse
June 24 Eagle Harbor
June 24 Wooden bridge
June 27 Mojitos at Joey’s in Houghton, MI
June 28 Pure glass as we head to the Lower Entry on the Keweenaw Waterway
June 28 Old Barn along the Keweenaw Waterway
June 28 Coasting down the Keweenaw
June 28 Lower Entry Lighthouse at the eastern end of the Keweenaw Waterway
July 3 Bike/Hike to Munising Falls
July 3 Munising Falls
July 4 in Munising, MI
July 4 An itty-bitty ferris wheel!
July 4 Yes, It’s exactly what you think!
July 4 Pet Parade in Munising
July 4 Betting on a Mouse!
July 4 Firefighter water fight
July 4 Drenching the crowd
July 4 Fireworks in Munising
July 5 Pictured Rocks
July 5 Pictured Rocks
July 5 Pictured Rocks
July 5 Sand dunes near Grand Marais
July 5 The Pickle House in Grand Marais Michigan
July 5 History of the Pickle House
July 7 Following Steele’n Time into their favorite anchorage – Batchawana Bay Lake Superior
July 7 Beautiful sunset as a reward after a 100NM day! Batchawana Bay Lake Superior
July 8 Rendezvous with Steele’n Time in Batchawana Bay
July 8 Heading across Batchawana Bay to the Gitchee Gumee Marina
July 8 Gitchee Gumee Marina
July 12 Steele’n Time at Cascade Falls
July 13 Gaviidae in Old Dave’s Harbour
July 13 The Fish Camp at Old Dave’s
July 15 The large Pukaskwa Pits at the southern end of Otter Island
July 15 New growth along the hiking trail at Old Dave’s Harbour
July 16 Assistant Lighthouse Keeper’s house on Old Dave’s Harbour
July 16, 2016 Gaviidae and Country Dancer in Old Dave’s Harbour
July 16 Otter Bay
July 16 Heading to Michipicoten Island
July 18 Beaver lodge built on an old wreck in Quebec Harbour
July 18 Skeleton wreck in Quebec Harbour
July 18 Fishing tug in Quebec Harbour
July 18 Wild Iris on Michipicoten Island
July 18 Anchor on the southern shore of Quebec Harbour
July 18 Moonrise in Cozens Cove – Michipicoten Island Lake Superior
July 20 Overlooking the Gargantua River
July 20 White Sand beach in Warp Bay
July 20 Birch tree along the path
July 20 Hiking from Indian Harbour to Warp Bay
July 23 Beach time on Batchawana Island
July 23 Rafting – the Canadian Way
July 24 Bridge tender before the Canadian lock
July 24 Approaching the Canadian Lock
July 24 Gaviidae Locking Down
July 26 Watching the big boats come through the Soo Locks
July 26 The Petosky Steel Drum Band playing at the Soo
July 26 Sunset over the Soo
July 28 A toast to all!
Official Re-naming Ceremony for Gaviidae
July 31 Mark, Dan, and Jeanne
A Toast to Gaviidae
July 31 A toast to a wonderful day
July 31 The Cribbage Challenge
August 4 The Experience Tree – over 2000 years of boating experience amongst the GLCC Rally attendees.
August 4 GLCC Wilderness Rally on Harbor Island
August 4 Sunset over Harbour Island
Dinghy convention at the GLCC Wilderness Rally
August 4 Peaceful anchorage in Harbor Island
August 4 Sunset at Harbor Island – North Channel Lake Huron
August 5 Chaos at the finish line of the Blind-folded dinghy race!
August 6 Wilderness Rally Potluck
August 6 Computers at a Wilderness Rally?
August 7 Klondike Bars for Steele’n Time
August 7 Gozzard Owner Rendezvous on Drummond Island (with Gary Faler)
August 8 The “telephone” in Tolsmaville, Cockburn Island. Love the sign for the “future bus stop”!
August 8 Tolsmaville Post Office – okay it’s a joke, see the airmail box?
August 9 Happy Sailors on our way to Meldrum Bay
August 9 Hummingbird at the Meldrum Bay Inn
August 10 Crossing from Meldrum Bay to Blind River, Ontario
August 14 Morning calm at Turnbull Island
August 14 Giverney (from Grand Marais, MN) leaving Turnbull Island
August 16 Sunrise in Eagle Harbour with Gozzard 44 Minnehaha – North Channel Lake Huron
August 16 Happy Hour at Norm and Elaine’s in Ray’s Bay
August 19 Anchorage in Perch Bay
August 19 Fox Harbour
August 20 Gaviidae and Tai Chi (Cabo Rico) in Fox Harbour riding out bad weather.
Hiking along the edge of Fox Harbour
August 20 The bog in Fox Harbour
August 20 Gaviidae tucked into Fox Harbour
August 20 Fox Harbour
August 20 Moss colors on the rocks in Fox Harbour
August 22 Cruiser’s Net Potluck in Little Current, Ontario
August 23 Little Current swing bridge
August 24 The famous Roy Eaton about to start his morning broadcast
August 25 Cruise ship in Little Current; there goes the neighborhood!
August 25 The swing bridge in Little Current opening for us
August 25 A wave from the Little Current Bridge Operator
August 27 Red Right Returning painted on the rocks by GLCC members
August 27 We were much closer to these cliff walls than the picture portrays!
August 27 The best spot in Marianne Cove
August 27 Marianne Cove
August 28 Hike up Casson Peak
August 28 Scramble up Casson’s Peak in Baie Finn
August 28 Casson Peak
August 28 King of the Hill
August 28 View from Casson Peak overlooking Baie Fine
August 28 The view from the top of Casson’s Peak
August 29 Our neighbor in the anchorage
August 30 Dan’s catch of the day
August 31 Dan taking pictures at Topaz Lake
August 31 Panorama of Topaz Lake
August 31 Selfie with a tiny tiny Gaviidae in the background
September 1 Dan fishing in the Pool in Baie Fine
Fall Issue of Cruising Outpost with Julie’s WWS article on sailing in the Sea of Cortez
September 3 The new Tinker Bell in Killarney, Ontario
September 3 New friends Kathy and Mike – met in Marianne Cove and again in Killarney
September 3 Anniversary Dinner at Killarney Mountain Lodge
September 4 Float plane landing over Killarney Mountain Lodge
September 4 After the Happy Hour aboard Gaviidae
September 4 Yes, old folks can stay up past midnight
September 5 The General Store in Killarney
September 5 A teenage bear cruising through the Killarney Mountain Lodge grounds
September 5 Killarney Sunset – North Channel Lake Huron
September 6 Gaviidae in Covered Portage – North Channel – Lake Huron 2016
September 7 Home – A Bayfield 40 in Covered Portage
September 9 A flock of Sea Planes at the Killarney Mountain Lodge
September 9 Leaving Killarney
September 9 A stressful crossing
September 9 Julie at the helm
September 9 Gaviidae’s flags
September 10 Gaviidae sitting peacefully at the main dock in Tobermory
September 10 Windfield Basin Sunrise – Bruce Peninsula Lake Huron
September 11 Tobermory lighthouse in the Big Tub Harbour
September 12 Little Tub Harbour in Tobermory Ontario
September 12 Gaviidae at the Tobermory dock
September 12 Isthmus Bay near Lion’s Head in Georgian Bay
September 12 The Lion’s Head Inn
September 13 Lion’s Head Ontario – photo taken by Kathy Anderson
Departing Lion’s Head on the eastern side of the Bruce Peninsula – Lake Huron
September 13 Moonlight over Cove Island
September 16 Sunrise as we prepared to raise anchor at Cove Island
Sailboats arriving at sunset – Port Elgin Ontario
The nasty culprit!
September 20 Flying the chute as we head to Goderich
September 20 Heading to Goderich Ontario
September 25 Approaching the Mackinaw Bridge
September 26 How you entertain yourself while on watch
September 26 How you entertain yourself while on watch
September 28 Leaving Rogers City MI on a G44 heading to Harrisville MI – Lake Huron
September 28 Bundled up for my watch (Gozzard 44)
September 28 Dan on a Gozzard 44
September 29 Nasty weather on Lake Huron
September 30 Waiting for a weather window to cross Lake Huron
October 7 View of the Annapolis Boat Show from the rooftop at Pussers
October 8 Gozzard owners at the Annapolis Boat Show
October 14 Mike Gozzard sailing on Gaviidae
October 25 Driving a boat or driving a tractor – Dan’s the Man!
October 27 The Simcoe Ontario Farmers Market
October 31 Twinky – The Escape Artist
Oct 2016 JR AKA The Energizer Bunny
October 31 Moween – She’s Mine! I wish!
November 1 Hamilton Ontario Farmer’s Market
November 10 Heather and Eian
November 11 Dan wine tasting in the Finger Lakes
November 14 Visiting with Wilson and Vickie in Pennsylvania
November 14 Artistic expression at Wilson’s
November 24 Squeaky watching the National Dog Show
November 29 The Gnome House in Oakland Maryland
Nov 2016 Mark and Michelle with their pooches
Dec 2016 Dan with her highness Stella
December 23 Meeting with Liz (fellow WWS member) and Chris in London Ontario
December 22 Our micro tinsel tree – 14 inches high!
December 28 Indonesian dinner with Cousin Rob and Chelsea in Madison WI
December 29 Cousin Chelsea making us breakfast!
December 29 Enjoying breakfast with Chelsea and Jill
December 31 Dan and Kevin getting ready to start the night!
December 31 New Year’s Eve in Stillwater with Kathy C. – Awesome Night!