First Monday morning of August, and it is a cloud covered morning with zero wind on the lake. As we heard, that is quite different out there on the ocean where the wind is blowing somewhere up to 25 KN. Definitely not a place I would prefer to be right now. After breakfast we slowly mosey up the lake towards Baddeck which we briefly visited a few days ago. There seem to be no availability for dockage there which means we are to anchor out again and possibly use our dingy to get into town. Let’s see how that will work out for it is the first actual use of the dingy so far.

To our surprise there is a dock right at the Town Warf available and we are able to tie up for the time we intend to stay in town at a minimal charge. This gives us the opportunity to have some local lunch and walk the town which is quite picturesque and filled with people. As it happens to be a public holiday and an extended weekend, this town being in the week of their sailing regattas has attracted many visitors. After lunch and some time spent walking the town our admiral decides to take us up the channel of St. Patrick’s and find a nice anchorage for the night.

Web are now moving between all these sailboats up the channel and the wind has picked up quite a bit pushing us along. After a while and now being out of the wind sitting up on the bow of the boat is very pleasant. There are occasional houses and cottages along the way but no settlements of any size what so ever.
This channel further north is open to the ocean but our journey this afternoon is taking us only to a well tucked in cove named Otter’s Cove. Here we find a nicely protected spot deep within the cove. Here we launch our Ms. Barefoot to be used to explore this tranquil little cove with some even further pockets of water hidden from sight.

Dinner is on the boat and than all the motors including the generator are turned off. Alas, here we are in total silence, just as it would be naturally displayed at this nature created setting. There is one local resident seagull that seems to take special interest in us but is too shy to come too close for some food we are generously offering.
After dinner Tom takes Barefoot on a rowing adventure to explore the neighborhood at dusk and eventually into nightfall. Listening to silence is a special treat and we wish it to remain for the rest of the night but rain being in the prediction is urging us to turn the generator back on so we can close up the boat and avoid sudden water intrusion during the night. The sky is dark and filled with stars of all formations. The mosquitos are huge and numerous preventing us to remain outside too long. What a spot and what a treat this is for each and every one of us. I believe that our dreams will be vivid and ancient in content tonight. May the Spirit of this land embrace us graciously enriching our souls with the gift of purity and peace!