9/12/11 Monday Last night was a quiet night behind Sugar Island once the week-end boaters went home. Today we got going at 7am. We made it through the Marseilles and Starved Rock Locks before anchoring out side the buoy line acr…
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Finally Moving!
9/9/11 Friday Today was a relaxed day with only laundry and topping off the fluid in the batteries on our slate.9/10/11 Saturday Finally the wind died down and so did the wave height. With the break in th…
Still Stuck in Winthrop Harbor
9/9/11 Friday In spite of the delay we’re experiencing we are still in the recommended time window for getting to Chicago and off of Lake Michigan. Looks like it’s going to break tomorrow and let us move again. We’ve been here n…
Head Tales and a Visitor from the West
9/6/11 Tuesday Today was the day we had planned on leaving Northpoint Marina and heading down to Chicago. So much for plans! Mother Nature had other ideas. The winds are out of the NE at 25 knots with higher gusts and no let up …
Tourist Back in Illinois
8/30/11 Tuesday Once again Lake Michigan wasn’t cooperating with rough seas forecast for today. By unanimous decision it was decided that we should stay another day in Manistee. We found the grocery store and I even found a barb…
Bouncing Along Michigan
8/27/11 Saturday Irish Boat Shop is a working boat yard that doesn’t have many slips that will accommodate Tourist thus they put us on the wall next to the travel lifts. Tight but not too bad. They did offer a 20 percent Looper …
Update
8/27/11 Saturday Since our last entry a lot has happened. Of course we were busy catching up with friends & family and taking care of household chores, but more to the point Pam met the surgeon on Tuesday. A nice man wi…
Still Home Waiting
8/19/11 Friday Anyone who has ever spent time cruising knows that not all things go according to plan. So it is in our lives right now. Our reason for coming home was for Pam to have another mammogram done as well as an ultrasou…
On to Mackinac with a side of home.
8/10/11 Wednesday When I checked NOAA a couple of days ago the forecast called for winds of 10 knots out of the NW and 1′ to 2′ seas for our travels to Mackinac Island today. It may come as a surprise to you that they were …
Back to the USA
8/6/11 Saturday Happy Birthday Pam!My Princess strolling the beach.A change in plans found us spending last night in Little Current. I found a barber for my first haircut since June, and Pam found a grocery store. A good stop!A …
