The Missing Crew Member

As we left Little Current, the wind was strong and luckily in our favor. We waived goodbye to my dad and the Fowler-Taylor family from Waterloo who cheered us on from the public dock. We were pushed swiftly past the swing bridge happy to be back on the water but saddened by our missing crew member, Tess. A few nights before departure, she was experiencing a terrible ear infection that demanded vet attention and an appointment could only be scheduled for later in the week. After discovering poison ivy at every campsite the first four nights, we were relieved that she stayed with her Grandma and Grandpa in Sudbury.