August evening Chesley Lake

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Summer clouds and a screaming cricket

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Sauble Beach

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Driving out to the beach.

Quick game of soccer at our friend’s cottage

Abbey can’t find Lake Huron.

Chilly breeze.

“Why is she staring at us?”

Don’t jump!

Sauble Beach

Getting close to sundown.

Eric’s new phone camera toy.

Doin’ the pigeon.

Disco-ing.

Get ready for it…

Sunset with seagull.

Sunset

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Ainslie Wood

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13-05-30-1 — First stop: Canadian Tire for lures.

13-05-30-2 — All geared up at Ainslie Wood.

13-05-30-3 — Trying to find fishes.

13-05-30-4 — Sage watching her Pa not find fishes.

13-05-30-5 — “Don’t touch my bone!”

ainslie-wood — Just waves.

The photoshoot

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Guelph Lake late September

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Summer plane

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Two days of boating

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Eric and Mr. Smallmouth.

Gin Islands, part of Georgian Bay Islands National Park

Mom and dad

Little Dog Channel

Cottages up the shore

The rock we picnicked on

More rock

Picnicking

Eric had fun navigating this

More picnicking

Driving the boat

Late afternoon skies

Gin Islands

More fishing

My hat that smells like grasshoppers

Darkening waves

Fish on

Another smallmouth

Summer reading

Perfect evening

Swimming off the boat

Docking at sunset

Sunset over the bay

End of day one

Marina sunrise

Beginning day two – 6:30 am

Sketchy clouds

Through the boat windshield

Miss Sage thinks it’s an early start

Clouds coming

Morning skies

First little friend of day two

Abbey also thinks it’s too early to get up

Fish on

Little Mister Fish

Where’s the coffee?

A bit warmer now

Morning nap and Abbey wakes up

Blue skies come back

Abbey agrees to nap

Sunshine arrives

Fishless waters

Jackets on when driving fast

Shimmering

Near Giant’s Tomb

We swam at Giant’s Tomb for an hour or so

Near Giant’s Tomb

Boat floor with cotton sweater from Thailand

Me and Abbey

Frying in the boat

Let’s go cool down

Constructing shade

I see land!

Cooling down with swims

Stopped at Picnic Island for treats

Ice cream stop at Picnic Island grocery

Fast driving = cool breeze for Sagie

Abbey cooling down

Looking happier

Drippy ice cream

OK, this is fast enough

Headed home

The end

Tobermory and Flowerpot Island

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A couple days into our cottage stay, we drove from Cape Chin to Tobermory and took a ferry to Flowerpot Island, part of Fathom Five National Marine Park.