We noticed signs in Frankfort this afternoon about a concert this evening in the park beside the marina…so we ventured over. What a blessing!!! Seems it was fund-raiser for a 15-year-old local girl, Zoe, who had just had a brain tumor removed. We got…
We started the afternoon with two other boats in the
We started the afternoon with two other boats in the harbor…by nightfall there were six of us …and two others came and went during the day….calm and peaceful…but weather for Tuesday wasn’t looking so good. We decided that Floyd would make the c…
The highlight of Saturday was the wedding…don't know where
The highlight of Saturday was the wedding…don’t know where it happened or where they headed after…but they spent lots of time taking photos around the marina office. Interesting, Hey??? Oh, and the cute bird who posed for me….I’m telling you ani…
Notice the change in scenery…no more rocks…been replaced
Notice the change in scenery…no more rocks…been replaced by sand sand and more sand….Short run down the lake to Leland…FISHTOWN…busy though SMALL marina… a few interesting shops..and a historic fish town replica…we mingled then just hung…
It was a busy couple of days. The annual Arts and
It was a busy couple of days. The annual Arts and Craft show started Saturday morning. (We were able to visit before leaving.) Boyne City, the town at the other end of the lake, was hosting a cigarette boat poker run…soooo lots of go-fast boats in th…
Charlevoix was truly a special stop for us. A chance for me
Charlevoix was truly a special stop for us. A chance for me to catch up with a (no, I am not using the word OLD) Mary Kay friend that I had reconnected with on Facebook. Linda Bemis and her husband have a cottage in Charlevoix and spend their summers t…
Entering a busy Charlevoix channel was gonna be a
Entering a busy Charlevoix channel was gonna be a challenge…just engines and gears….we were doing just fine til we misjudged the bridge opening by 4 minutes…that’s a long wait in a busy channel…finally they opened…we zipped through only to be…
Wind forecast and worries about traveling the Straits of
Wind forecast and worries about traveling the Straits of Mackinaw got us up and at ’em at O’Dark Thirty…though all that was for naught. Looking at that bridge as the sun rose was an awesome sight….Our first day on Lake Michigan was smooth and easy…
Seems the Brits started all this at Mackinaw Island…and
Seems the Brits started all this at Mackinaw Island…and they seem to have left a little something behind…Floyd almost jumped off the carriage. He’d really like to own one of these phone booths though heaven knows where he’d put it???? A kind fellow…
We thought the trash truck pick up that we happened on
We thought the trash truck pick up that we happened on was a hoot….and couldn’t resist that cute post office. We understand that there is no home delivery on the island…everyone comes to the post office to pick up their mail. Police ride bikes as w…
