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By Sadie, August 19, 2010 6:43 pm

Sometimes you need something to happen to make you remember life’s important lessons. After unintentionally playing chicken the other morning with the Island Queen, one of those important lessons was remembered – always keep track of the time when in Hole in the Wall.

It seems like everyone out on the islands has a getting stuck in Hole in the Wall with the Island Queen coming through story. Sometimes that happens because of bad timing, sometimes because of having your boat pulled up there for jumping and best yet, running out of gas and having to change gas tanks when it’s coming through. I got my story the other morning. The Husbandman and I were out on an extended kayak trip. We decided to go to Hole in the Wall. Husbandman was out near one of the openings and I was in the center near its narrowest point. I was looking up taking pictures of the cliff for a while. When I finally went to put my camera down and looked at water level, I had quite a surprise. There was all 100+ feet of the Island Queen making the turn into Hole in the Wall. Oh crap. Husbandman was near the opening where it was coming in, so he was able to sneak around it. Being in the middle and close to the channel’s narrowest point, I had to book it to the opening on the other side. I made it out of the channel in time so I didn’t get run over or thrown over in its wake, but it was close. I survived and I got this pretty cool picture of the Island Queen to prove it.

Looking at the cliff before I was surprised:

One more before the surprise:

There she is!

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By Sadie, July 10, 2010 4:03 am

After Victoria and her husband got back in the boat after jumping off of Hole in the Wall, we had to get out of the channel because the Island Queen would be going through soon. The Island Queen is the largest sightseeing boat in Canada and there’s no room for any other boats in the channel when they are going through.

Here comes the Island Queen!

Heading out of Hole in the Wall:

Mr. Pants slept through all of the action:

This guy in an awesome looking kayak rode our wake as we headed back home:

All in all, it was a great afternoon boat ride:

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By Sadie, March 4, 2010 6:22 am

After the fire tower, we went down to the shore for a closer look at the ice. I figured we’d be fine walking out to the island, but our roommate wasn’t so sure of the ice’s thickness. After seeing so many snowmobiles pass us while we were hanging out on the town dock, he started to feel a bit more confident about our trek out on the ice.

Looking back at Tower Hill:

The Island Queen V taking a long winter nap:

A snowy self portrait at the end of the pier:

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By Sadie, January 11, 2010 6:44 pm

To keep up with the February countdown, here’s another pic taken from my December 2002 trip up north. Here I am sitting on the pier in town. You can see the Island Queen hibernating further down the dock. Looking at the footprints, I think that there were only a few people that made the trip out to the end of the pier that day.