7/23 - Blind River, Ontario

This morning we left under bleak skies and in cool temperatures for Blind River, a port 27 miles away from Gore Bay on the north shore of the North Channel. This location was our last in Canada. Just as George thought we would leave the country without Canadian Customs boarding our boat, two officials made their way down the dock checking other boats and then headed to ours! All they did was check our boat papers and stamp our passports, and they didn't even board our boat because they thought the boat was so beautiful that they didn't want to come into the main salon with dirty shoes! We later took a cab into town to celebrate our last night in Canada with dinner at the "Mustang Bar" at the "Iron Horse Restaurant". It was "wing" night, which always attracts the Captain. Pat ordered a jumbo shrimp cocktail and a rib and wing combo platter which came with a salad. George ordered a platter of chicken wings, poutine (a Canadian dish of fries covered with gravy and cheese), and an order of onion rings. You can imagine our surprise when this already "over the top" feast came out with a shrimp and fries platter in place of the shrimp cocktail. Our table was filled! It was a cardiologist's nightmare! We ended up taking most of the wings and ribs back to the boat, and had lots of laughs on our last night in town!