The weather is still holding and we have another beautiful day. Today we decided to go explore Colonial Michilimackinac. It is the restored remains of the original fort that was moved out to Mackinac Island 1780. It was originally built by the French i…
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SUNDAY JULY 24TH, 2011
Moved from Mackinac Island a short distance to Mackinaw City on the mainland. Just hung out all day at the boat.This a map of most of our trip this leg so far. It is a bit fuzzy I’m afraid. Seems my little camera that has served me so well is going kaput.
SATURDAY JULY 23RD, 2011
Started the day with breakfast up town. Ross had pancakes with this groovy peace sign stamped in them. Today we explored Mackinac Island, beginning with the fort. It was built by the British during the Revolutionary War and was originally at Mack…
FRIDAY JULY 22ND, 2011
Once again we had flat water for an open water crossing. Ross keeps telling me we will have to pay the piper at some point. I’m not liking that! Shortly after leaving De Tour Village we passed the De Tour Reef lighthouse. Constructed in 1931 it marks…
THURSDAY JULY 21ST, 2011
Before heading out this morning we went for a bike ride with Dave and Linda Tuls. They know the area well and took us on a scenic route for the out of shape. It is a lovely area and we could see why they keep coming back here. I survived the bike ride …
WEDNESDAY JULY 20TH, 2011
We awoke to fog. Undaunted in our plan to go home we switched on the dual radars, set the autopilot, and with eyeballs straining into the mist we pointed the ODDYSEA towards the U.S.We were in and out of fog the first 2 ½ hours. When it got really thi…
TUESDAY JULY 19TH, 2011
It was a calm day and the water was flat calm. Lucky for us it was overcast or we would have fried as we traveled today. The trip was uneventful and we stopped for the night at Gore Bay. Our plan was to leave in the morning and head to an anchorage at …
MONDAY JULY 18TH, 2011
This morning Ross and I walked up to the Anchor Inn in Little Current and sat in on the Cruiser’s Net broadcast. Roy Eaton is a retired gentleman who each morning at 9:00 hosts a radio broadcast on VHF channel 71. He reads the marine forecast for var…
SUNDAY JULY 17TH 2011
It was a tranquil morning back in The Pool. We all wanted to get an early start so we were busy pulling up anchor by 7 a.m. It took quite a while to accomplish this task as the anchor chains are full, and I mean full, of weeds. And the only to get them…
SATURDAY JULY 16TH 2011
We started off the day with a communal breakfast on the dock. Here’s Bill from GULLWING cooking up the blueberry pancakes. Seems warming the berries brings out their flavor and sweetness. They were perfect for pancakes. We filled out the …
