After a short sail from Croker Island, we explore South & North Benjamin Islands within the North Channel. The wildlife is amazing with bear sightings and pl...

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last week I'm sailing tipsy gypsy we

leave trem and island and cross into

Canada to clear customs in blind river

we set sail with low winds but make it

to croaker island with only a couple

issues along the way

we also meet another couple sailing and

on such for the first time and take the

dogs to climb around this beautiful

island

the dogs are starting to really enjoy

the island life and we especially loved

our first experience in the North

Channel

crow Karelian was amazing but the best

is yet to come

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all right we left croaker island now

we're in between the North and South

Benjamin Islands we're definitely

accompanied by a lot more voters today

we were anxious to explore South

Benjamin Island we made sure the anchor

was set and then grabbed our hammocks

and de packs to climb up to a high and

secluded area away from all the other

boaters even with the rain approaching

we were ready for some hiking

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the harbor was filled with many people

from the tour boat as well as a dozen or

so pleasure cruisers anchored all around

it didn't scare us away from joining the

party but many voters ended up passing

by this area to anchor elsewhere we

still stayed our distance from the land

but many chose to anchor close to the

surrounding guncles they trusted

still going up South Benjamin island is

gorgeous

the views continue to get better as we

ascended the pink granite Mellon and

found the perfect spot to hang everyone

needs a hammock

one of our favorite pastimes is relaxing

in our hammocks we enjoy reading or

listening to books and especially being

outdoors if you enjoy the outdoors maybe

the sailing life this for you the best

part of both sailing and hammock Inge is

the scenery we typically find along the

way

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Souths Benjamin Island offers us a

relaxing afternoon with pleasant views

all around in a lot of ants invading our

hammocks the rain continued to hold off

so we decided to hike back down to make

time and digging explore our way to

North Benjamin island

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but we are seeing a black bear right now

in the distance good thing we didn't let

the dogs run around this island oh my

gosh it's so pretty I wish I had my nice

camera now here we are

North Benjamin island we just saw a mama

bear and her three cubs it was amazing

and I think this is my new favorite spot

it's gorgeous

there are pools of water everywhere it

is completely clear

and I'm obsessed absolutely gorgeous

freshwater

this is Lake Huron what seeing those

bears was such a cool experience I

filmed some of it but stop to enjoy the

sight of them considering I only had our

GoPro to use for filming they showed us

this beautiful area and we couldn't get

enough of it exploring these massive

rocks around such deep water was

incredible and as I mentioned multiple

times in our video absolutely gorgeous

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if you're not familiar with the benjamin

islands these islands are a main

attraction to the north channel

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the next day I took a solo day back to

the scenic and secluded North Benjamin

island I found evidence of the bears

being curious of our presence the day

before Darrin would be working all day

but I left the boat to go swimming and

continuing living around

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while I attempt to get into this hammock

I'd like to mention my clueless amount

of fidgeting while we're trying to relax

I really did do some relaxing although

I'd like to mention more on the beauty

of the benjamin islands the glaciers

were rough on these islands grooving and

polishing hard pink granite for

generations cruisers to see the fours

buffed up incredibly smooth mountains of

rough a closer look allows you to see

the detail and sparkle and major rather

than only on your kitchen counter it is

a musty

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the granite can also be very slippery

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yeah you still might try again thank you

take two was much more successful I know

that there are blueberries

really all around me but I had to get

these ones they are much larger and the

ones in the Sun are a lot sweeter and

the other ones are in the shade I just

fell down that to get them Ursula don't

go halfway directly in the water so now

I am not wearing pants I'm having them

dry on the dinghy over there and I'm

gonna eat some blueberries

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tipsy gypsy draws five and a half feet

and we're too nervous to anchor near the

island like many of the other boaters

there were some guncles we could have

fit into but would need to have checked

with our dinghy and a load line our

dinghy does just fine for island hopping

though so we stayed further out if

you're confident to anchor near these

massive rocks more power to you next

time we visit we'll be more confident

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the benjamin islands were a thrill to

visit and gave us amazing scenery the

entire time we were able to unwind and

relax more than any other of our travels

before so much fun next week I'm sailing

tipsy gypsy we continue to meet other

Nance options along our travels through

the North Channel we visit little prints

to Courbet and thoroughly enjoy our time

and Killarney and basin alongside all

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