Caton's Island to....home!

On the mooring at Douglas Harbour, NB

August 4, we knew today we would be home and we were all very happy with this. It was a great trip, but we were also eager to be home as well. We got up and had breakfast before leaving Caton's Island. The weather was fair with light winds and a trip up the St. John river was always a beautiful trip. Internal waterways like the St. John are always much warmer than time in the Atlantic. Suzanne was eager to get moving and it was obvious she wanted to start her day moving towards Douglas Harbour, where I have my permanent mooring. We dropped the mooring line and we were off heading up the St. John River again. We past Belleisle Bay, Gagetown and the ferry, and turned into the Jemseg River. When we reached the raft channel in the Jemseg River, we called Mike's wife Bonnie, who was going to meet us at the wharf in Douglas Harbour. It was not long before we entered Grand Lake  and headed towards the entrance to Douglas Harbour. Suzanne sat on the bow seat for much of our trip and was happy to see the clubhouse come into view as we past "The Bedroom", where our boat would be homed from now on. We made our way to the wharf and tied up. We were here, home! We planned to leave the boat on the wharf for a bit to offload our supplies, luggage, etc... . There was little activity due to COVID so we would not be in the way of anyone else needing the space. Mike offloaded his things, and we loaded them into the car. We headed towards Oromocto, to drop Mike and Bonnie home. After a month at boat speed, the car seemed fast and foreign. We had begun to insert ourselves back into the world of what most people know and do daily. We dropped Mike and thanked him for assisting us to get the boat home, and hit the road again, driving back to the boat on our way home. We offloaded the fridge foods and got our luggage that we needed for home and were off. It's only 13 minutes from the boat to the house and we arrived and only had one thought; we have to go get and see our animals. We had missed them immensely, and they were excited to see us! The boat would need a going through to bring stuff home and a good cleaning, but we had time and planned to do this at a slower pace. The next day we would get it from the wharf to her mooring and start making her ours. We have some plans and we will start as time is available. She is home and that is what matters. It was not an easy trip, but it was an adventure for sure and we did well. It is an experience we will always remember.