"DK" wrote in message
...
John H wrote:
On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 01:00:42 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

With Hanna expected here Sunday, I decided to take advantage of a
beautiful warm sunny day. There's been way too few this summer....
wettest August on record says the weatherman.
I had to drop the wife off at her mother's nursing home and finally got
on the road at 1100 hrs.
Reached the launch ramp in Mahone Harbour, Mahone Bay at about 1230hrs
and quickly got underway...too quickly, as I left my digital camera,
binoculars and cell phnoe on the truck seat.
Talked to a boat returning and he advised me the water had been like
glass earlier but the wind had picked up making the water rougher.
I cranked up all 25 horses and left the harbour behind as I headed south
east past Loye Island to my port and Hermans Island to my starboard.
next i turned east, north & west to circle Backman Island, which has a
nice little beach and cove for anchoring. After circling a lone sailboat
, I dipped down south west, changing to northg to checkout the anchoring
cove/beach on Coveys Island.
Next it was a streach of open water so I could pass through the very
shallow water between small Goat island and Rous Island. keeping Sheep
island on my starboard, I headed north west to Andrews Island where I
beached the Yukon and went ashore for a bit. Lastly i played around the
outer reached of Mahone harbour for a bit and retrieved the boat around
1500 hrs.
Since I am a member of the Mahone Islands Conservation Association, I
wanted to see the protected (from development) islands up close.
http://www.mahoneislands.ns.ca/news/inthenews.shtml
Sure wish I had my camers with me...I could have shown the stark
contrast between the beautiful islands still in their natural state and
the ones all tore up by the CFA summer crowd with their overscale
houses, hugh rock walls etc.

Sounds like a great time. Wish you'd taken your camera. What is the 'CFA
summer crowd'? Are they the Americans you accused of ruining the islands
the last time you brought this up?

Oh, and since you brought up family, how is your mom doing? Hope all is
well. Do you ever take your son on these excursions? He'd probably enjoy
getting out.

Nice report. Keep 'em coming!



His lazy son won't leave the couch.

Couch?
You couldn't keep up to my son... except maybe in nightmares.