We are anchored by Grand Haven, MI after two long days of
running down the east coast of Lake Michigan.
The winds have not allowed us to cross to the western shore with 7-10
foot seas out in the middle of the lake.
Within five miles of shore has been fairly calm, however, so we boogied south hugging the eastern shore. We travelled 82NM to Manistee,
MI yesterday and it rained all night and was in the 40s. Today we travelled 76NM, the sun was out, and the locals were in
the water. Fishermen are out in force trolling with down-riggers for salmon. There were even kids tubing. The water is a warm 54
degrees! The locals fear that it will be another hard winter as it is unseasonably cold here so they are taking in as much boating as they can before it gets too cold and windy to boat. Around October all the boats are pulled out the water and "winterized" for the season.
We will skip Wisconsin, since we want to get out of Lake Michigan before winter hits in earnest. We are within 80 miles of Chicago (on the west coast) and will get there in a few days,
when the winds settle. From there we head to the Illinois to the Mississippi to the Ohio to the Tennessee Rivers.
About 30 Loopers have been trapped for three weeks at Hoppies Marina on the upper Mississippi River (between Alton, IL and Cairo, IL) due to floods from all the rain, so we may catch up with the
pack after all. We have had it good, compared to the early birds!
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| Great rainbow out in the lake. |
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| Fellow Loopers, Dan and Susan. |
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| Grand Haven. |
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| There was a Salmon Festival going on at the municipal marina, so we had to anchor out in Spring Lake. |
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