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July 07th, 2009 | Author:

Time to move on! We enjoyed our stay in Snug Harbor, but, the weather was not looking good for today, so we decided to move on to Killarney.

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You can see as we entered the town, the weather was gloomy. The wind was blowing and we must say that we were pleased that the Killarney Mountain Lodge had a slip for us. It is a beautiful spot. The grounds are lovely – pool, tennis courts, horse shoes, and of course, fishing and boating.

We passed Herbert’s Fisheries. 2-herberts500It is the place with the red roof. This is a must for a meal.

This was our lunch spot. Best fish and chips in town.

This was our lunch spot. Best fish and chips in town.

There are tables out so that you can eat there. It didn’t seem like a good idea to us when we went – it was raining. We went on back to the boat.

The Killarney Mountain Lodge has wireless. Off we went to the card room.

Kelley paid bills and caught up on mail; then I caught up on my mail and the knitting world. There are cottages here or rooms that one can rent. The grounds have beautiful gardens. 4-mtlodge400

Here is the Carousel Bar.

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There was a lovely fireplace in the middle and it was going during the afternoon. At night we went back and listened to a guitar player. This place attracts people from all over the world. That night, there were people from Switzerland and a couple from Amsterdam. We met a nice young couple from Goderich, Ontario, Jim and Susan. (Susan is a knitter!)neighbors400

We took a quick walk around town dodging rain drops. We had to taste the local dairy. Yummy!yum400

Wednesday was to be a lovely day, so we took off for a walk to a lighthouse. It was a nice easy walk – and we thought we were very thoughtful of our environment: we allowed the bugs to try to bite us! We know there is a reason we have Deet on the boat; if only we would remember to use it!

The walk was worth it. The lighthouse. 3walklight400Georgian Bay, with its rugged coastline, but with water as flat and welcoming as can be. A sailboat, leaving Killarney, which is what we did once we returned to the boat.boatleaving400

The cottages on the island opposite Killarney are lovely.kilcot400

This was our favorite. This work shed belongs to the house to the right. I would love that shed. I do believe that Kelley and I would fight over whose it was!favcot400cottage400We are off to the Bustards!

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July 07th, 2009 | Author:

We left The Pool with gray skies and wind coming from the west. We thought we ought to move onto another anchorage, Snug Harbor. 2snug400The hype for this spot is that should there be a gale blowing in the bay, once inside Snug Harbor one wouldn’t know it. I must say it was pleasant once we were anchored. It was chilly out bit we were toasty inside.

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See how the bottoms of the trees look like they have been pruned to be the smae height. In our guide book it says that many people think that they are this way because of the snow, but it has to do with the deer. This is the height that they can reach when they are grazing. Interesting?

Rain came and went….we did feel Snug.

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