August 24 - Echo Bay to Lagoon Cove

Owner Bill going out to get Happy Hour Prawns

Mike & Betty Enjoying Happy Hour

Siblings waiting to be fed

Historic Minstrel Island

Minstrel Island in the Background

Misty Morning

The ride from Echo to Lagoon is improving, with the falling of cats and dogs (rain) almost down to mice and rabbits! There are a few "Sucker Holes" of sunshine popping up and we are looking forward to seeing Bill & Jean at Lagoon. Most everyone has pulled out of Echo Bay this morning and its a mass exodus south! We expect that most of the boats we saw in Echo will be in Lagoon when we get there!
We arrived at Lagoon Cove to find about 4 of the boats we have been travelling with since Shearwater tied up to the dock. The sun has come out and I do beleive it is shorts time! Happy hour is at 5:00 pm and we have been invited to "Grand Lady" for dinner tonight. A wonderful meal and an early night for the next leg of our trip.

When you leave Lagoon Cove, you go through a narrow channel called the "Blow Hole" - upon exiting the "Blow Hole" you pass historic Minstrel Island. Back in the 40's, Minstrel Island was the focal point of the lower Broughtons with a dance hall, post office, pub & hotel. Today, it has fallen into a bit of a funk with the new owners developing the back of the island and the marina sort of lapsing into a free for all for moorage and amenaties.

Bill & Jean of Lagoon have done a fine job and we expect that we will see them back next year. Way back in April, I had written that they were looking for new caretakers, it appears that Pat & Bob will be staying on for the winter and that Bill & Jean can go south with the comfort of knowing that their place will be well looked after.