Days 415 to 417 – at Straits State Harbor, Mackinaw City, MI - August 24-26, 2012

Mark and Fred III arrived this morning with a mail delivery that included our gold flag.  We replaced our white flag with the gold one right way – how different the bow of the boat looks now.

Mark will be traveling with us for the next week – a short vacation before beginning his senior year in high school.  Fred III stayed around for most of the day and we did some of the typical Mackinaw City tourist stuff – buying fudge, shopping for t-shirts…

On Saturday we took the ferry to Mackinac Island and did some sightseeing.  We rode bikes around the island (which we haven’t done in a very long time), had lunch overlooking the water and did some shopping.  It was a really great day.

We have decided we’d like to visit a few harbors in Lake Michigan before we head back to Bay City, so Fred has been watching the weather to see when we can move that direction.  The problem is that amongst the weather sites and apps he uses, there has not been consensus about what the weather will bring.  We got up Sunday thinking it might be a good day to travel, but were deterred by a rainy forecast with possibly two to four foot waves.  As we hung out in Mackinaw City and watched the actual buoy data it was clear that today would have been a fine day to travel – the wind was not too strong and the waves were under two feet.

Just because we are now flying a gold flag, we are still carefully watching the weather and trying to travel only when conditions are good.

            Miles: 0           Bridges: 0        Locks: 0

the last moment of the white flag flying on Boreas

 

getting the gold flag ready to fly



the gold flag is just about on



Boreas flying the gold flag!



on the way to Mackinac Island, our ferry took us under the Mackinaw Bridge



one of my favorite views of the Mackinaw Bridge



Arch Rock on Mackinac Island

 

Round Island Lighthouse