Hello from Ludington, MI. We came 85 miles north from Saugatuck today in a little rain, a little fog, 2-4 foot seas to this port. We were two days extra in Saugatuck due to bad weather, but what a fun place to be.
Saugatuck is called the “Art Coast of Michigan”…..there are more art galleries in its downtown area than any other we have visited. Seeing we were there so long we also got to walk into the pretty tree-lined neighborhoods off the main drag. Huge trees and so many perennial flower gardens, really pretty.
Some highlights of the town: a Victorian era, hand-cranked, chain-link, passenger ferry that takes pedestrians across the channel leading into town from Lake Michigan; the SS Keewatin—a Titanic-era steamship which is now a museum (picture taken from the lake while we were on a dinghy ride); a long boardwalk that winds past all the marinas and is prime territory for everyone’s after dinner ice cream cone stroll; all those art stores/galleries; and a terrific choice of restaurants.
So today we came to Ludington. We have picked up the Jeep, it came across Lake Michigan yesterday all by itself on the car ferry. Our boat broker from Sturgeon Bay drove it to Manitowoc on the Wisconsin side and put it on the car ferry for us and now we have it. We are due in Cincinnati for a Gill (Mrs. Conyers maiden name was Gill) family reunion on the 4th of July. So good we have the Jeep. We will be off the boat for 4 or 5 days and then we will continue of trek up the Michigan side of Lake Michigan.
Happy 4th of July to everyone.
Saugatuck is called the “Art Coast of Michigan”…..there are more art galleries in its downtown area than any other we have visited. Seeing we were there so long we also got to walk into the pretty tree-lined neighborhoods off the main drag. Huge trees and so many perennial flower gardens, really pretty.
Some highlights of the town: a Victorian era, hand-cranked, chain-link, passenger ferry that takes pedestrians across the channel leading into town from Lake Michigan; the SS Keewatin—a Titanic-era steamship which is now a museum (picture taken from the lake while we were on a dinghy ride); a long boardwalk that winds past all the marinas and is prime territory for everyone’s after dinner ice cream cone stroll; all those art stores/galleries; and a terrific choice of restaurants.
So today we came to Ludington. We have picked up the Jeep, it came across Lake Michigan yesterday all by itself on the car ferry. Our boat broker from Sturgeon Bay drove it to Manitowoc on the Wisconsin side and put it on the car ferry for us and now we have it. We are due in Cincinnati for a Gill (Mrs. Conyers maiden name was Gill) family reunion on the 4th of July. So good we have the Jeep. We will be off the boat for 4 or 5 days and then we will continue of trek up the Michigan side of Lake Michigan.
Happy 4th of July to everyone.
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