Mulcaster Island to Camelot Island

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On Camelot Island.  Don't we look like two Royals?

Day 11: August 20, 2017

We went to bed last night in a boat rocking from wind, waves and wakes and awoke to calm waters.  We both slept well

After our pancake and bacon breakfast, we got in the Dink and headed back towards Mulcaster Island.  On the way, we passed KnotBad and gave them a copy of Good Old Boat magazine and spent a few minutes talking about their arrival in the US.  They obviously took a bold leap leaving a relatively comfortable life in Ukraine to travel into the unknown, unable to speak the language.

Damn Dink Too at the kayak landing

We enjoyed a cool morning walk on the trail that circumnavigates the island.  I was surprised to find a number of campers who had obviously traveled by boat to this lovely island to enjoy a camping experience.  We also noticed that approximately 10 boats had dropped anchor in an area that is obviously more protected than where we spent the night. Local knowledge is a wonderful thing.

From Mulcaster Island, we motored 4 miles west to Camelot Island.  The guide book pointed out that this is one of the more beautiful areas having a couple nice anchorages and a nice walking trail.  We expected and were not surprised to find all of the best parking areas filled to capacity.  We circled around a bit and came across a small cove on Grindstone Island, the next

Trail structures on steep slopes

island south.

Camalot Island was only a very short dinghy ride across open water, so after lunch, we headed out.  In the most popular cove, which was actually quite small, there were 5 boats moored.  In the back of the cove, there was a kayak landing where we tied up the Dink.  On this island, there is a small fee for landing and using their dock.  For our dinghy, the cost was $3.20 Canadian.

As we saw on Mulcaster Island, the trails are well developed and maintained.  They also had a number of camping areas although we did not see any that were in use.  Janine and I took the circle trail around the island.  The path followed the shore line part of the way and crossed the interior as well.  These islands are basically granite out-croppings so the trail went up, down, over and around huge rocks.  In some places built steps carried the trail up steep rock walls. In other places where the path climbed steep hills, they lined the trail with logs with cross-members that kept the wood chips base from

Trail structures on really steep slopes

washing away.

Back at the boat, we read and napped until we prepared our dinner.  For our dining pleasure we began with hors d’ouevres of kipper snacks on crackers followed with cheeseburger mac & cheese which was accompanied by Paul Newman’s Own cabernet sauvignon.

After dining, we got back into the Dink and headed back to Camelot Island where we hiked back across the island to get a few pictures of the setting sun sinking over Deathdealer Island. 

As the day came to a close, we played a rousing game of dominos before bed.