This afternoon we're in Frankfort MI in Betsie Bay off Lake Michigan (western MI, eastern Lake MI). We arrived yesterday afternoon and will stay at least two more nights until Lake Michigan calms down. This is yet another time I'm glad we don't need to push forward. We bought tickets to a concert tonight (Gypsy Jazz music, should be interesting) and we may be here for the annual art show and vintage car exhibition on Saturday.
In the last couple of days we've met up with several other "Looper" boats. Many of them were in Canada while we were traveling the Erie Canal.
Our next stop will be in Ludington MI. We've now been gone over three months, time flies!
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Hessel Marina in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. We spent
five nights in this friendly town |
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Isn't she lovely? PRETTY GIRL was one of many classic
wood boats (mostly Chris Crafts) in Hessel days before the
annual antique wood boat show. |
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We wound thru the Les Cheneaux Islands, explored
Cedarville by dinghy and returned to Hessel |
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| Preparing for the Hessel show at Classic Boats Restorations |
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| Even the signs are classic |
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In Cedarville, near Hessel, we saw several boats under
construction at the School including a birch bark canoe |
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After a night in Mackinaw City, we passed under the Mackinac
Bridge into Lake Michigan very early in the day |
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| The sun rises behind us on the way to Petoskey MI |
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| At sunset in Petoskey, this rainbow formed to the east |
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| They call western MI the sunset coast, this one's at Petoskey |
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| We made the 11:30 lift of the bridge into Charlevoix MI |
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Thru Round Lake there's a narrow entrance into Lake
Charlevoix |
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| Boats anchored in Oyster Bay, Lake Charlevoix |
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| One of the Mushroom Houses built in Charlevoix starting in 1918 |
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MAIA and others in Round Lake. At left is the narrow
entrance into Lake Charlevoix |
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| One of the slightly larger Mushroom Houses on Round Lake |
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| Fishtown in Leland MI |
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| A view thru Leland harbor to Lake Michigan |
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| Sand dunes along Lake Michigan |
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| The shore of Lake Michigan north of Frankfort |
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We hit dense fog on the way to Frankfort for a couple of hours.
The radar helped us steer clear of other boats, one of which
happily followed us into the harbor |
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The sun was shining as we entered Betsie Bay, headed
for the Frankfort marina. |
