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Triathlon…

August 01, 2025 by Jim Nies

…plus homemade pizza party.

August 01, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Breakfast On The Dock…

July 31, 2025 by Jim Nies

…then, later, hand-caught and filleted fish fry.

Plus, mud ball delicacies created by the teenagers, and a snake provided by Will and the twins.

July 31, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Is That Fog???

July 30, 2025 by Jim Nies

…no, smoke.

July 30, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Becca’s Big Haul

July 29, 2025 by Jim Nies

First ever rainbow trout (or steelhead salmon) caught off the dock. Twenty-three inches and five and a half pounds. Bri accepting the challenge of cleaning it.

Meanwhile, Will and Katy sailing Geode skillfully in flukey winds.

July 29, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Kagawong Kup Regatta…

July 27, 2025 by Jim Nies

…resumed. Four boats; Heliotrope victorious.

Also, trophy smallmouth bass.

July 27, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Toads and…

July 26, 2025 by Jim Nies

…bass.

July 26, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Flotilla…

July 22, 2025 by Jim Nies

…to Sandy Beach and back.

July 22, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Surfeit of Shadflies…

July 17, 2025 by Jim Nies

…and hundreds of gorging gulls. Spent flies covering every surface. Gulls getting too heavy to fly. And, with high wind and heavy rain, it was not a great night for aerial endeavors.

But, the great shadfly irruption speaks volumes about clean, healthy water in Mudge Bay.

July 17, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Lots of Asclepias incarnata…

July 16, 2025 by Jim Nies

…just beginning to bloom.

July 16, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Manitoulin Morning

July 15, 2025 by Jim Nies

Early paddle and swim, in glass calm. Lots of super aerodynamic common terns working the shoreline in their aerobatic way. Minor shadfly irruption over night.

July 15, 2025 /Jim Nies
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All Forms…

July 13, 2025 by Jim Nies

…paddle, walk, ride, swim, and sail—and that sailing was the Windrider in an odd, smoky, humid haze, and “racing” Three Forks for a while. Nolo contendere; we smoked ‘em.

Photos by Sue

July 13, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Showers Over Gooseberry…

July 09, 2025 by Jim Nies

…and calm enough to paddle there, if it wasn’t such a long way back.

July 09, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Sandbox Shoveled…

July 06, 2025 by Jim Nies

…septic uncovered.

July 06, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Morning Paddle…

July 05, 2025 by Jim Nies

…among the showers.

July 05, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Afternoon Under Sail

July 04, 2025 by Jim Nies

Sometimes almost six knots under just jib and mizzen. What a great boat.

July 04, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Perfect For Paddling…

July 01, 2025 by Jim Nies

…and so we did.

Water is up a welcome bit. Let’s hope it stays.

July 01, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Viper’s bugloss…

June 28, 2025 by Jim Nies

…along with a little Birds-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)…

…and Canada lily, along with lots of bracken.

June 28, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Fog After Rain

June 27, 2025 by Jim Nies

Quite a bit, actually, seventy-five quarts bailed from the dinghy.

June 27, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Day’s Eye Time

June 26, 2025 by Jim Nies

With storms in the forecast. Big surf roaring in from the east.

June 26, 2025 /Jim Nies
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Packing…

June 23, 2025 by Jim Nies

…for return to Kagawong. In the continuing heat.

Serviceberries are being gobbled, and they do taste good.

June 23, 2025 /Jim Nies
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