Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Beaver Island

Tuesday, June 23

We had a peaceful night at anchor, there was no wind all night, the boat did swing around a bit, we both slept well. We were up at sunrise and postponed breakfast until after we got underway Diana got a picture of the sun peaking over a cloud bank to the east as we headed out; she mostly wanted to show the calm water. It remained that way almost all day. The wind did come up to 8 to 10 from behind us for awhile after lunch, but by the time we were coming into the harbor it had died again.

About an hour into the morning we went past North Manitou Shoal Light, again note the calm water. We then turned northeast for a long straight run to Beaver Island, although we were not out of site of land at anytime we were a long way from any shore most of the way, therefore no pictures.

We had talked of anchoring again tonight, but getting in early to a town that sounded interesting and both wanting showers we decided to take a slip for the night. Diana got pictures of the C.G. station as we came in plus the ferry to the mainland.
As we sit here getting ready to walk to town the sky is clear, there is a light breeze and it is about 80 degrees.

The internet access is at the community center so I will post this while we walk and the rest of the description of Beaver Bay will have to wait until tomorrow’s entry.

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