We’ve crossed Lake Michigan from Sturgeon Bay to Frankfort, and it was a smooth crossing. Bay Marine did a good job of fixing all the “beginning of the season” issues and the boat runs beautifully. Attached is a picture of the man-made channel that connects Sturgeon Bay to Lake Michigan, the first leg of the trip across. The crossing was uneventful, Emery’s favorite kind! The Jeep is coming over on the car ferry today (Friday) and we will pick it up in Ludington, MI tomorrow. We had planned on taking the boat to Charlevoix on Saturday, but looks like wind is moving in and waves will be 2-4 for a few days. So we shall see.
Going back a few days: on Tuesday Bill and Leslie and Sara were still in Sturgeon Bay and we went to Egg Harbor for lunch and boat trip. Sara piloted the boat both ways; Bill and Leslie watched for fish nets and other hazards, and Emery and I napped until it was time to dock!! The town of Egg Harbor and the Wisconsin DNR are jointly rebuilding the municipal marina with beautiful floating docks and a substantial breakwater. Attached are pictures from that trip and the construction project.
Wednesday evening we went to the Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club for dinner. Bay Marine gave us guest passes to use while we were docked at their facility. While we were at dinner a huge storm swept quickly through……high wind and lots of rain. It was awesome to see it move in and turn calm water into a raging caldron, and then move on. The sailboats at anchor outside SBYC really strained at their moorings, but none broke loose. Great dinnertime entertainment!
If we have to stay here a few days we plan to haul the jet skis over to big, inland Crystal Lake and run them there. We can familiarize ourselves with the public launch site and the lake. Attached is a picture of our summer dock site, the wonderful Jacobson’s Marina Resort, so we are having fun now!
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