In the last post, we were getting ready to go to bed in Amhurst Bay when the wind picked up and Bruce said "I think our anchor is dragging." These are not words you want to hear when it is dark and windy and you are in a strange place surrounded by shallow water. We decided to raise the anchor and reset. When the anchor was off the bottom, Bruce could see we had hooked a large rock! By this time, the wind was really howling and I was not too happy. We reset but decided that we did not feel comfortable going to bed when the conditions were so rough, so we decided to again raise the anchor and continue to go to the other side of the island where it would be calmer and safer. Again, I cannot stress how unhappy I was to be moving at midnight in the cold, dark and wind! It took us 2 hours to get over to the other anchorage. By this time, we were exhausted but were able to sleep well knowing that we were safe! The lesson we learned was the weather forecast is not always right and don't anchor in Amhurst Bay if the wind is from the Southwest even if it is forcasted to be light.

After a short but good sleep, we continued our trip to Gan. We went to a dock next to the Playhouse Theatre that belonged to a friend of a friend who said it was okay to use it as they were sailing in Greece. We were happy to be on a dock that night as severe thunderstorms were in the forecast for the late afternoon and early evening hours. It never got as bad as was forecasted but all around you could see the storms and we did get some wind and rain. Thanks Kent and Linda for the use of your dock, we had a nice visit with your daughter Kate and her boyfriend Mark. We also saw our friend Don from Ottawa, who we had met the first year we went to the Thousand Islands as well as his wife Louise. Louise, sorry we missed you this time!

The next day we continued to Brockville where we anchored next to Skelton Island. Here we had our next anchoring incident! I don't think we gave Poseidon enough money! The winds were calm and Bruce had put a trip line on the anchor. Somehow the trip line got caught on the rudder and we lost all steering. The boat was safely anchored at this time so we were not in any danger. Bruce however got to use his wetsuit, snorkel and fins a lot earlier than planned and the water temperature was about 17 degrees. I was glad he could not blame this one on me!

On Sunday, we left for a short but very scenic 11 mile motor to Prescott. There we met my girlfriend Joanne from Ottawa, whose friend's dock we used in Gan and my cousin's wife Bev from Prescott. Bev and her husband Lyle run a great B & B in Prescott, right on the St. Lawrence River called the Ashbury Inn. If you are ever in the area check it out at www.bbcanada.com/8197 ! Bev made us all a terrific lunch and then joined us on the boat for dinner. Lyle was away on a fishing trip but we will see him before we leave. Today, Monday, Joanne and I left Prescott for Ottaw where I will fly home from tomorrow to make my doctor's appointment. Will try to post some pictures on our next blog, but we are having trouble finding internet for our computer.