After a beautiful sunset in Cornucopia, we settled in for the night. Saturday we would head back across the big lake to Knife River. The forecast called for thunder storms.
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| Sunset off of Cornucopia Bay |
We rose early, took showers, then readied
Mystic for the trip. Cigano headed out before us. We followed right behind, at around 11:30. The crossing would take about 5 hours. As soon as we slipped into the bay, we could feel the wind and see the thunderstorms building west of us. We raised our sails and pointed
Mystic westward. The wind was fluky causing us to have trouble keeping the sails full. The lake became choppy. We started motor sailing which turned out to be helpful. It was a relief to see Knife River come into view through the haze. We managed to avoid the thunderstorms but this was a rough crossing!
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| Cigano heading out to Sand Island |
The Minnesota side of Lake Superior is colder than the Wisconsin side. The chill remained with us aboard
Mystic Saturday evening. We drove to Two Harbors for dinner at the Earthwood Inn. We had whitefish, our favorite dish and cold beer. Sunday morning we headed out for a nice 12 mile run along scenic 61. We found ourselves smack dab in the middle of the biking portion of a triathlon and we were in the way. Shortening our run to 6 miles, we returned to the boat and tidied up before heading south to Stillwater; another sailing adventure on the books.
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| Leaving Siskiwit Bay Marina |
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| Sea Gull Jetty ~ Cornucopia, WI |
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| Earthwood Inn, Two Harbors, MN |
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| Voyageur Pierre |
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