Tuesday, June 23
We went for a walk last evening; Saint James Harbor on Beaver Island is an interesting little community, although it was a little warm walking. There were many small shops along the way, interspersed with nice homes and a couple of log cabins. Diana got a picture of a small totem pole in front of one shop. The King Strang hotel is now a private club. James Strang was the leader of the Mormons here back in the 1850s, he appointed himself king of the island, only to have his followers assassinate him a short time later.
Farther on we found the community center; I got internet access, checked e-mail, post the previous blogs and checked the weather for the next couple of days (it continues to look ver
y variable). Diana got a tour of the nice center from a volunteer on duty. As we came out of the center to go to dinner the ferry from Charlevoix was just coming in. Everything on the island has to come in by boat, (or plane, there is a small airport).
The Shamrock Restaurant and Pub was across from the ferry dock, we went in and had a couple of very good sandwiches. The walk back to the boat was even more enjoyable than the walk into town because the temperature had started to go down.
It was another very good day. For the past two days we have been bothered by large swarms of some type of small insect. They get all over everything on the boat; it is almost hard to go out on deck. Without them the last couple days
would have been perfect. Tonight they seem to be gone, except for the thousands lying in piles in 
all corners of the boat; I think the heat got them
.
We went for a walk last evening; Saint James Harbor on Beaver Island is an interesting little community, although it was a little warm walking. There were many small shops along the way, interspersed with nice homes and a couple of log cabins. Diana got a picture of a small totem pole in front of one shop. The King Strang hotel is now a private club. James Strang was the leader of the Mormons here back in the 1850s, he appointed himself king of the island, only to have his followers assassinate him a short time later.
Farther on we found the community center; I got internet access, checked e-mail, post the previous blogs and checked the weather for the next couple of days (it continues to look ver
y variable). Diana got a tour of the nice center from a volunteer on duty. As we came out of the center to go to dinner the ferry from Charlevoix was just coming in. Everything on the island has to come in by boat, (or plane, there is a small airport).The Shamrock Restaurant and Pub was across from the ferry dock, we went in and had a couple of very good sandwiches. The walk back to the boat was even more enjoyable than the walk into town because the temperature had started to go down.
It was another very good day. For the past two days we have been bothered by large swarms of some type of small insect. They get all over everything on the boat; it is almost hard to go out on deck. Without them the last couple days
would have been perfect. Tonight they seem to be gone, except for the thousands lying in piles in 
all corners of the boat; I think the heat got them
. 
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