Fox Harbour swimming bears

Sunday – Today we made our way through the Whalesback area and through Little Detroit to Fox Harbour. To get into the anchorage at Fox Harbour you need to make your way through many pink granite rocks throughout the entrance. You just hope that you miss all the rocks – which we did.

To get our run in today, Gaye and myself ran across the many rocks that formed the harbour. It was an up and down run with many times jumping over the water between rocks to get to the other side. Good workout. When we got back to the boat we all jumped in the water and enjoyed a very nice cold swim in the crystal clear waters of Fox Harbour.

Aaron in his “money making” ways today decided to give foot massages for 25 cents per foot. He used dish soap and a variety of rules/pencils/etc to rub the feet. The only problem with the foot massages was that his “solution” caused Alex to attract bees to his feet. He again probably collected $3 from us today – the next Bill Gates in the making.

We spent the day exploring all the little “lazy rivers” that have been formed by the water over the years. We caught many fish (bass) in one of those “lazy river” areas and the boys enjoyed snorkeling through the rock islands. In the evening on the boat we saw a family of 6 otters go for a quick swim right in front of the boat. Just after we saw the otters, we noticed right up the inlet something swimming across to another island – it turned out to be a Black Bear. To date we have seen the following animals:

Eagles – 3
Deer – many
Swimming deer
Family of 6 Otters
Beaver
Frogs
Tadpoles
Cranes
Osprey
Loons
A Loons nest with 2 green eggs lying on top
Black Bear – swimming
Bass
Northern
Perch
Sunfish

Internet Update: No Internet access via AirCard but we still have Verizon cell phone service with the Booster/Antenna.