After leaving the boat in Midland, Ontario for the past 3 weeks, we returned from Minnesota just a couple of days ago and are more than ready to head back out on the Loop. It is a beautiful summer day in Canada! You can say what you want about winters up north, but during the summer months there is no place nicer.
Being it is Sunday there is still plenty of boat traffic. One thing about Canadians, they drive their boats fast. All the time! No matter where they are or how close they are to you. They have absolutely no disregard for their wake. Several times today large cruisers blew past us or met us and didn’t slow down a notch. They don’t slow down for kayakers or even when meeting other boats in tight quarters. It’s mind blowing.
The radio chatter has picked up dramatically. It was so quiet when we traveled the Trent Severn that this seems so out of the ordinary. It is a weekend though and everyone is trying to keep in touch.
We are traveling through what is called the Thirty Thousand Islands. It is incredibly scenic. Photos just don’t do it justice. Thousands of rock islands are scattered about with pine trees on many of them. How they can grow there I can’t imagine.There are hundreds of cabins on islands too. Here
are a few examples. This would certainly be some peace and quiet. 
I did some checking on the Internet as far as prices go and a cottage on your own private island will set you back about ½ a million. I did further checking to answer my main question. Yes, they have bathrooms and no it doesn’t go in to the lake. They have a holding tank or their own septic if space allows. Hey, questioning minds want to know.
This is a grocery store we passed. It is accessible
by boat and you can see the docks to the right where the shoppers are tied up. After 38 miles we arrived at our destination, and to
the smell of hot grease and fried fish. Henry’s Restaurant is a well know place for their fish dinners. Since it was lunchtime on Sunday it was the happening place. Folks were arriving by boats and floatplanes. Since they offer overnight tie-ups we’ll spend the night. There is a service out of 
Parry Sound that flies you in for dinner. The flight probably takes 20 minutes one way. Cost is around $160 Canadian and doesn’t include tax, tip or fuel surcharge. Just in case anyone is wondering. Henry’s is located on Frying Pan Island. Don’t you just love the name? And so perfect for a fried fish place. The nearest town is Sans Souci, which in French means without cares.
Much to our surprise we ran in to some Loopers we met in spring of 2010 at Fernandina Beach, Florida. It was at that marina that the pistol shrimp made
so much noise during the night that we could hardly sleep. Phyllis and Bill of GULLWING have an adorable pug named Savannah who is quite the boater despite not liking the water.We also met Ron and Erin from RUNNING ERINS who are from Ft. Myers Florida and also doing the Loop.
After happy hour at a picnic table overlooking the lake we wandered up to Henry’s for dinner.
There was no shortage of food and we left with our cholesterol levels up a point or two.
Our waitress models her Henry's T-shirt for us.
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