T&T: &T: Great Lakes

[John Marshall]

Sounds like the kind of horrible place that I'm dumb enough to want to  
go to. It's a character defect of mine -- wanting to visit these  
godforsaken places. Unfortunately, between the Orca-guided sperm  
whales blocking my way south through BC, and the rather longish drive  
"around the block" to get there from Alaska, its going to have to wait  
for a while.

But I'm a glutton for punishment, and I grew up on the Great Lakes  
(which is more or less saying the same thing), so I'm going to come up  
there and suffer it all over again one of these days.

I have vivid memories of spending a summer in a mouse-infested cabin  
on Whitefish Bay, trying to save enough of my blood from the mosquitos  
to keep breathing.

Oh... and floating around in this little boat that didn't sink in some  
ridiculously clear water.

John Marshall
(Former Michigander, currently trapped in Alaska due to sperm whale  
attacks)

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> Message: 17
> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:36:02 -0400
> From: Dennis Starkey <dennis.starkey at gmail.com>
> To: trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com
> Subject: T&T: Great Lakes
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> As a Great Lakes boater for many years I agree that they should be  
> added to
> the list of places for prudent boaters to avoid, along with Alaska.
> The last summer that we spent in Lake Superior we only saw 17 other  
> cruising
> boats along the 400 miles of east and north shores, clear evidence  
> that it
> is an area to be avoided.
> Each evening at anchor the quiet and solitude was most  
> disorienting..you
> could hear every sound. There was hardly ever anyone on the VHF...very
> strange.. way too quiet. No one to call and ask them to keep their  
> wake down
> or to mind their anchoring too near. Am I alone in this world? ...an  
> awful
> feeling.
> And that weather cauldron that Larry spoke of...when the fog rolls  
> in and
> the rocks rise up to eat you! ...And those damn fish always swimming  
> around
> the boat!
> The cariboo herds grazing on the various islands keep you up at  
> night when
> anchored nearby, because you can hear it all.
> Don't you hate it when nature takes over like that?
> Please be prudent about adding this area to your cruising itinerary.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Dennis Starkey
> Hillview Farm
> Grass Roots Beef