2019 RV/Boat

Day 10

Today was a bit more laid back.  My 6am to 11pm activity schedule is beginning to catch up to me.  I awoke this morning to a bit of a breeze so all thoughts of deep water trolling in the dinghy quickly passed.  I rolled over in the berth and got an extra hour of sleep.  The marina was quiet and skies bright at daybreak.

After morning breakfast, I decided to see if I could find some more smallmouth bass on the rocks south of the harbor.  The only thing I could get to bite were gobies.  I've rigged a small bucket on a tow harness to slow my trolling speed in the dinghy.  It's a bit of a contraption, but works great.

Larger boats were moving in and out of the marina all day.  It was a little windy up and down the coast for the movement of smaller craft.  Here are a couple of the nicer specimens.

My lunch time view from the boat dinette is certainly much more pleasant than my usual surroundings at the office.

The weekend crowd is gone.  There are plenty of slips available this afternoon.  After a pleasant morning it appears weather is just beginning to build to the northwest.

We decided to treat ourselves to the local casino buffet this evening.  Of course, we couldn't leave without leaving a few dollars in the slots.

After dinner at the casino, we detected impending stormy weather so caught a shuttle back to the marina.  We arrived just in time to get the boat all closed in before the storm hit.

Tomorrow the plan is for a 4 mile move across the bay to the village of Harbor Springs, MI pending good weather and available dockage.