We left our anchorage in nothing-town-Arcadia and landed in Pentwater, Michigan for what we thought was to be just for the night. Mother Nature had other ideas.
Pentwater is another adorable Michigan seaside town and the pride of the residents shines. The local yacht club was having a wooden boat show. We got there late so this was the only picture I could get.
They were nice enough to let us have dinner at their beautiful facility even though we are waaay out of reciprocal range. It looks like a very active yacht club and there were children there! They have a great location right inside the channel with a large deck overlooking the water. Very nice.
After checking the weather report we decided, along with our neighboring boaters, to spend another night and wait for Lake Michigan to calm down. This is our first time being "weathered-in" since we left Point Breeze on July 18th. Not bad. Probably won't be the last ! Pentwater is such a nice place we really didn't mind.
Monday morning came and the winds were still howling and there was a storm approaching so we waited for all that to pass and left around 1:30 p.m. for Grand Haven. We arrived in Grand Haven at 7:00p.m. and saw a nice little regatta on our way in the channel. Lake Michigan was still pretty lumpy so it was not a great ride there.
We got a slip at the municipal marina. It's a so-so marina but Grand Haven is another cute seaside town. I'm starting to see a real pattern here. As long as we stay out of Detroit, Michigan will leave us with positive memories!
We were rocking and rolling at the dock all night because the winds just won't seem to calm down and the marina neglected to install a break-wall to help the situation!
Tuesday
Our boating buddies left for Point Breeze in the morning This Friday is a huge day in their life as they pack their oldest son, Robbie, off to college. There will be tears! We will miss having Rob around too.
Can't say enough about the Browns. Our life has been so enhanced by having them in it. We have so much fun with them and we all have each other's backs. Good stuff! Will miss them terribly!
Dave spent the morning talking to marinas in Chicago. We need to leave the boat there for nearly two weeks when we go home next week. We also have a happy and huge milestone coming up in our family. More on that later :)
We are spending another night in our rocking and rolling slip in Grand Haven before we set off for South Haven tomorrow and then hopefully Chicago on Friday. Things are moving right along and Chicago seemed so far away when we started this; now it's just a few hours away. Was hoping Buddy Guy would be playing at his club Legends while we are there but he's not. That's were my honey proposed to me so long ago.
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