Left the dock in St. Ignace at 6:25 AM just as the sun rose over the lake - beautiful. Took about 30 minutes to clear the harbor and turn to the bridge - quite an eye opener! We headed west about 20 miles before turning south another 35 miles along the coast of Michigan to Little Traverse Bay. Our friends Mike and Lois left Mackinaw Island about 45 minutes later with a fleet of 9 other looper boats and we spent the day watching them get closer and closer. It looked like a fleet of Warships all in a line preparing for an invasion. We all arrived about the same time and the marina did a good job of sorting us all out and getting us to the right slips. Spent the afternoon getting to know folks and having a few "docktails" to celebrate the trip.
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| Still a little pink in the sky from the early morning light. |
The wind was up, so the next day Mike rented a car and the 4 of us toured Charlevoix some 17 miles away. Very pretty tourist town with great shops, restaurants and a busy marina/harbor. Had lunch, walked around town and drove the neighborhoods where we discovered houses that look like mushrooms - really!
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| Charlevoix Habror |
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| Waterfront home on inland Lake near downtown. |
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| Our little hobbit and her new home in the shire! |
The following day we drove thru Kalkaska and into Traverse City. Ger had vacationed with family here as a small boy by visiting relatives. Did not seem to have changed much except some new stores in Kalkaska and new resorts in Traverse City. Did stop at a small roadside market and picked up the worlds best cherry pie and some berries to snack on. This part of Michigan in famous for cherries.
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