Grand Haven is a lot of fun. This morning I walked a block or so to the Farmer’s Market and bought lots of things. As the guy next to me at one produce stand said “everything is home grown somewhere”. We sat on the swim platform out back to eat a breakfast of strawberries and tomatoes and cheese from the market, along with toast and coffee.
As we were eating, the fish were jumping and the geese with their babies went paddling by. And a surprise bonus show……a huge ore boat pulled up to the big coal-fired power plant that is just down river from us and has been unloading coal ever since. Really fun to watch, and neither the plant nor the ore boat is belching an ounce of pollution anywhere. Must be the clean coal technology we hear about! Attached is a picture of the ore boat.
Yesterday was a fun day. We walked the 2.5 mile boardwalk to the beach. Attached are pictures of both the boardwalk and the beach. The walk goes past a big Coast Guard station, restaurants, an RV campground and parks. Lots of people are here, many multi-generation families and young kids and all are enjoying the fun.
We had cocktails on the swim platform and watched the constant boat traffic that goes right past the marina. They are going upriver to Spring Lake and other marinas, or downriver to Lake Michigan. The final picture is of the boat parade. We then went off to dinner at Porto Bella, an Italian restaurant that had the best meatballs we have ever had. We capped off the evening with the musical fountain light show…..a fun day.
Later today we are moving to Saugatuck, a bit south of us on the lake. Today is another beautiful day so w are expecting a good run. Cheers.
As we were eating, the fish were jumping and the geese with their babies went paddling by. And a surprise bonus show……a huge ore boat pulled up to the big coal-fired power plant that is just down river from us and has been unloading coal ever since. Really fun to watch, and neither the plant nor the ore boat is belching an ounce of pollution anywhere. Must be the clean coal technology we hear about! Attached is a picture of the ore boat.
Yesterday was a fun day. We walked the 2.5 mile boardwalk to the beach. Attached are pictures of both the boardwalk and the beach. The walk goes past a big Coast Guard station, restaurants, an RV campground and parks. Lots of people are here, many multi-generation families and young kids and all are enjoying the fun.
We had cocktails on the swim platform and watched the constant boat traffic that goes right past the marina. They are going upriver to Spring Lake and other marinas, or downriver to Lake Michigan. The final picture is of the boat parade. We then went off to dinner at Porto Bella, an Italian restaurant that had the best meatballs we have ever had. We capped off the evening with the musical fountain light show…..a fun day.
Later today we are moving to Saugatuck, a bit south of us on the lake. Today is another beautiful day so w are expecting a good run. Cheers.
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Heylo from under the A/Bus awning st the Rockahock Bluegrass FEstival in Lanexa. Just caught up on all your 2009 entries and am glad to see it's going so well. We'll roll out for the Big Mac at noon on the 5th and be there as planned on the 8th thru the morning of the 12th.
All's well in GovLand and the mushrooms may die off soon. Stay cool and enjoy it for us.
Hi - we are back from our trip to Charlevoix - you will be happy to know the park at the marina there is finished - and you will love it. Sheron and I sat and ate an ice cream cone overlooking the area. We had great weather and Rog enjoyed his trip to Beaver Island - I enjoyed shopping in Petoskey - so everybody was happy. Found a great bread store in Petosky - if you are interested let me know, and I will tell you where it is. Glad to see the money spent on keeping Dow clean was well spent. Continue to have fun.
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