We are now in beautiful Harbor Springs, home of lots of beautiful real estate, classic boats and big pots of geraniums on the dock. It happens to be pouring rain at the moment but it is still a marvelous place.
We spent three fun days in Mackinac Island. We are seeing a lot of boats “doing the Loop”. Most are now headed for Chicago to start the trek south about the middle of September. So there are many folks to chat with. Some are living on their boats full time, some just taking a year to finish their trek. One boat is turning back east to go to the Bahamas for the winter, and one is going to stay over the winter in Michigan as we do. We had a big cocktail party one night in Mackinac with all the Loopers. There are not so many tourists on the Island as when we were there a month ago but still very busy.
This past Saturday we moved the boat to Mackinaw City where there are the amenities necessary for boating life……laundry, groceries and a pumpout. We stayed at the City docks this time, not the eco-friendly State dock we were the last time. Much better!! Our friends from 2007, Greg and Sally Whitaker on Odyssey met us for dinner and it was terrific to see them again.
Attached are a number of pictures from our last few days…..Fort Mackinac and parasails and big boats and flowers and horses…….summer near Mackinac.
Next we are going to Bay Harbor and Charlevoix. We are looking forward to getting into those ports. Happy summer.
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I live on the island year round. I love hearing about people who visited the island and loved it. Thanks for sharing.
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