Lake Superior Trip, Day 14, Sunday, July 31

0630-58F in/54F out. Solar 74%.  Partly cloudy. Breeze out of NNE but it is supposed to be SE. Seems like weather is often not what you expect up here.

0835-Finished my study time with coffee and cookies.  Time for breakfast. Still not certain of plans for today, but it's looking like I may need to go into Red Rock a day early due to stronger winds tomorrow.

0915-Departing for Red Rock.

Spar Buoy - Nipigon Strait
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Range Lights To Maintain Alignment With Safe Channel
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YouTube Video - Making The Turn Into Nipigon Strait

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1300-Arrived Red Rock.  Had a little rock and roll as I crossed the most open stretch with some left over swell and increased wind. Leg 9 was 23.8 miles for a trip total of 108.5 miles. 

First Part Of Leg 9
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Second Part Of Leg 9
Total Leg 23.8 Miles, Total Trip 108.5 Miles
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Docking was challenging with wind gusts but fortunately there was a hand on the dock to catch my lines. I nearly ran out of gas in the tank I was using. Lesson learned, always go into a harbor with plenty of fuel in the tank! It could have ended disastrously since it was all rocks downwind!

Red Rock Harbor
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1445-Loaded the boat without much fanfare.

Official End Of Waterborne Trip
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1625-Finished chili dinner with salad, hot roll, and a beer. Will wrap up the rest of the work in the morning and then head to Grand Marais, MN.  71F/71F. Solar 100%.

1845-Took a walk after dessert of Bailey's and chocolates. The harbor development is a very nice facility.  They have a well known music festival here next weekend so it will soon be quite busy. (Live from the Rock Folk Festival)

Welcome Center - Red Rock Harbor
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Paul Bunyan Working A Log
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Well Used Walkway During Famous Music Festival
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1915-I will listen to my audio book and hit the sack since it looks like rain again!