Day 13
Today started with a line of thunderstorms passing through. Fortunately, I was in the shower at the time and missed the whole event. It did remain cloudy with light sprinkles from time to time for much of the morning.
It calmed down after the rains so I went out in the dinghy to see if there were any fish swimming around on this end of the lake. I found three smallmouth and a perch. Not real large, but scrappy fighters.
Then the wind started to kick up and the fishing event ceased. The skies cleared later in the morning but the wind blew out of the west at a good clip.
Boyne City has added new dockage (foreground) but all the facilities are at the old marina (background). It's a long walk to the shower. The Harborage Marina is a much better option here in Boyne City.
So, it looks like the window of opportunity to get back to Ludington is tomorrow with light northeast winds. Saturday is forecast with a south wind that will likely kick up an irritating chop. Therefore, the plan is to make the marathon run back to the home port. It's plotted at about 135 miles. That's a trip, but we've done the 200 mile trip to Mackinaw City in a day so this should be easy.
All packed up and ready for morning.
Our final sunset out on the trip. If all goes as planned, we'll be in our home slip this time tomorrow.
Back tomorrow with the exciting conclusion.
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