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  Many of our friends have wondered when we would start heading south.  Well, today is the day!  At 4:30 a.m. we were up and off the dock a little before 6 a.m. heading south through the Straits of Mackinac and into Lake Michigan.  Today we are in Bay Harbor Lake Marina, a very unusual […]

  Today, our last day on Mackinac Island, gave us a chance to walk to the top of the island to see the famous Arch Rock.  The Island is basically limestone uplift and the edge of the island with limestone cliffs created a beautiful arch in the cliffs by wind/water erosion.  Walking through the natural […]

  Our friends, Don and Nella Pearson arrived on the Mackinac ferry at 2:30 yesterday bringing our mail, Alan’s orders for extra parts, and smiles on their faces.  The Pearsons were our friends from the West Houston neighborhood and we raised our children together in Memorial Glen.  Today they live in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  So […]

  We have arrived!  Last April I booked a slip for three days (maximum they allow) at the Mackinac Island State Marina.  Who would really know if we would make it this far and in the right amount of time?  But, we did.  We are docked to the bow of the Yorktown small cruise ship, […]

  Gale force winds settled enough for us to leave at 5:45 a.m. with Venus and Jupiter still bright in the skies.  Skies were clear, but the wind still kicked up to 25 mph as we headed out of Drummond Island through the De Tour channel and into the top of Lake Huron heading west.  […]

  Heavy winds during the night brought in powerful thunderstorms about 3 a.m.  But by 6:30 a.m. the bay was dead still and skies cleared.  We cast off within 45 minutes having our coffee on the bridge and trying to get to Drummond Yacht Haven before the predicted 45 mph winds and 5-6 foot waves […]

Commercial fishing vessel in Canada where nets come out the small side door and fish are processed inside the long low cabin. Our last night in “Oh Canada” and we were greeted by the Canadian Border Patrol as we entered Meldrum Bay.  They were cordial and only asked to see the Canadian entry number in […]

  The anchorage in Browning Cove was wonderful, very protected and totally quiet.  We had no cell phones, no internet, no TV and only the quiet of nature: the cry of the loon, so haunting; the screech of the bald eagle settling in for the night after a day of hunting prey; and the silver […]

  Awakened by thunder and lightning, then heavy rain, we stayed in Killarney during the morning watching our weather radar.  However, by 11 a.m. skies were clearing and the weather radar indicated that we were finished with the line of showers.  We cast off the dock with a little help from a neighboring skipper because […]

“Boat-In-Theater” where they show a movie on the screen on the opposite shore and you tune to a FM Radio station for the sound on your boat. After an ice cream party last night, the last of our Grand Banks friends departed this morning, but there is still a lot of action here in Killarney. […]