Day 90 Who knew the Loop would take us to the North Pole

Woke up to a white sky this morning - thought it was snowing. It's up to a toasty 51 degrees. We are resigned to stay in the protected arms of Big Sound Marina for one more day. Wind is howling around the boat and gusting to 25 - a delicate mist is falling - aahhh summer. John took this opportunity to change the oil and I did some cleaning and vacuuming. Tomorrow the front finally gives us a break so we are heading to an anchorage in Hopewell Bay near Shawanaga Island. Saturday brings 80% chance of thunderstorms again, so we will wait it out there for a day before heading farther up the Georgian Bay and into the North Channel. After Saturday, we have clear weather and smooth boating for a week, unless, of course, a stray iceberg takes us out. We will try to see as much as we can while making as much progress towards Chicago as is possible. Unfortunately, Parry Sound is not that intriguing or even a scenic city even though it dates back to 1857. There's only one old impressive brick building (pic 2) and that's city hall. The big tourist attractions here are the bay cruises and the Bobby Orr Hall of Fame which is attached to their summer theater building. For non-hockey fans, Bobby is their home boy and a professional hockey player who predominantly played for the Boston Bruins. He is regarded as one of the best. Picture 3 shows the train tracks we walk under to get to town. Thank goodness, only one train runs by here a day and it does not whistle. The last picture was an aerial shot taken this morning - no, just kidding!! It's the Parry Sound Harbor at the mouth of Seguin River this past winter. The Great Lakes had 92% frozen coverage and the last time it got even close to that was in 1979. Even the locals are saying that this weather is most unusual, ay!