Burntside Adventures: On The Road Again

After 10 weeks off Burntside (boat) for summer on Burntside (lake), we are back on the boat for the next couple of months heading south, sort of, via the north side of Lake Superior. We finished our fall chores early, wood is made, rice has been harvested and the day after Labor Day, we travelled to Duluth and Spirit Lake Marina where the boat spent July and August. We did take a 4 day sojourn to the Apostle's with Zach, Aimee and the girls, but for the most part staayed at home and caught up on a neglected yard and home chores. We provisioned up and planned on departing Thursday but the weather said no, so we left yesterday on Friday. Fueled up at Lakehead Boat Basin at the base of the lift bridge and headed up the shore. Late afternoon we pulled into the Silver Bay Marina which is a beautiful facility on the North Shore. We met good friend John Sandstrom for happy hour and pulled out this morning at 0630 headed for Grand Marais, about 6 hours up the shore. We are looking forward to an afternoon there. It has been over 40 years since I spent the 3rd year of med school there. How the heck that happened is beyond me. Anyway, the plan is to work our way to Thunder Bay, across the north side of the lake to the Slate Islands, and down the east shore to the Soo over the next 10 days to 2 weeks. We will travel when weather permits and hole up when it doesn't. This time of year there will likely be more weaather issues, but we will deal with them.