We are all alone again, and homeless to boot!! This is the week we don’t have the house, so we are on the boat and re-adjusting to marina life. And what fun it is…today is very windy and waves on Lake Michigan have quickly built to 6-8 feet. So any boat out there is piling in to Jacobson’s Marina to wait it out. Always fun to watch captains and their mates try to dock in high wind and a bit of current. The Marina dock hands are really experienced here, so if a boat gets within range of the dock and the mate can properly toss a line. …they are “in like Flynn”.
Attached is a picture of Emery, Jen and Heather at The Cove restaurant in Leland where we dropped Jennifer off last week. And there also are pictures of all the sailboats that were here in the Marina Thursday night. There were 38 sailboats rafted up here…lots of people and action. The boats were returning to Chicago after having raced in the annual Chicago to Mackinaw sailboat race. There are lots of classes/sizes of boats that race, and then they leisurely motor back home the week after the race. The Marina makes lots of money because in addition to dock fees, they sell gas and food…..all through the night as the sailors straggle in at all hours. It’s fun to watch for a while, but John the harbormaster says that by 4 A.M. it gets a little old!
We have no plans for this week, and Saturday we go to Traverse City for Ron and Kay’s daughter’s wedding. The “buzz” says it will be bigger and better than Chelsea Clinton’s recent bash, so we’re looking forward to dressing up and having fun. Then back in to the house on Sunday; Fred and Inge visit on Monday and Tuesday; then Kate and family turn up at the end of the week for a few days.
So our summer chugs along….cheers to all.
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