Subject: PADDY'S HURRICANE IN NIPIGON, ONT.

Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 19:34:41 +0000

From: "rosemarie allen"

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HELLO FRIENDS, SINCE OUR LAST REPORT WE HAVE BEEN CRUISING REMOTE CHANNELS AND EXPLORING BEAUTIFUL,WOODED ISLANDS IN THE THUNDER BAY AREA: SUSI ISLAND, 2 NIGHTS AT SPAR ISLAND NEAR THOMPSON (THIMBLEBERRIES) AND TWO NITES IN LOON HARBOUR NEAR LASHER ISLAND (BLUEBERRIES) . YESTERDAY WE HAD AN EXHILERATING SAIL WITHOUT ENGINE IN GUSTY WINDS UP THE NIPIGON STRAITS AND ACROSS THE NIPIGON BAY. WE DID, HOWEVER, NEED THE ENGINE AS WELL AS A FISHERMANS 15 HP TOW TO GET OUT OF THE MUD ON THE EDGE OF THE CHANNEL IN THE NIPIGON RIVER BETWEEN THE LAST 2 SETS OF BUOYS. NOW WE ARE IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF A SMALL HILLSIDE TOWN WITH 3 RR TRACKS RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. OFTEN NOISY IN THE DAYTIME AS HOWARD OF PAMIR WARNED US. DISTANCES ARE VAST, CONTACT WITH OTHER BOATS FEW BUT FRIENDLY. PLAN FOR DINNER TONITE AT A SMALL HOTEL RUN BY GUENTHER WHO WAS TRAINED AS A CHEF IN GERMANY FROM SONTHOFEN. WE ARE STILL ENJOYING SCHWYZER SCHOKOLADE VOM GEBURTSTAG UND HOEREN JODELMUSIK AUF DEM TONBAND DANK MUTTI UND VATI. BELATED BURTHDAY WISHES TO YVONNE. DID YU GET THE BIGMOUTH BASS? CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHN ROBINSON FOR THE NEW RECORD ON THE SALT FLATS. VIELEN DANK AMICULA FUER DIE INFORMATIONSREICHE E-MAIL. ALLES GUTE WEGEN OMA! FOUND THE PURSE IN THE LIBRARY IN GRAND MARAIS MN. BIG RELIEF HERE AND HAPPY LABORDAY TO ALL. JIM & ROSI. _________________________________________________________________________ 1