Anyway, it was weekend number
three in the north land. The area shines
with the “spring” flowers in full bloom.
Only problem is, according to the calendar, it’s just a couple days short of summer. Better late than never, I
guess. The big Lilac Festival parade on
Mackinac Island is this afternoon so the blooms are right on schedule for that
event.
I
had another session with the boat cleaner and paste wax Saturday morning. It’s a tedious task but the results are a
nice shiny boat. The job is nearly
complete.
Need to replace that worn out trim stripe on of these days. That would probably do as much as the polishing toward making the boat look good.
The kids arrived late morning with gear in hand. Looked like they were moving in for a week, but were just here for overnight. Can never be too prepared and up here, seems we go through a few different climate changes every day.
So the first order of business with the kids, lunch and…
Shopping! So many shops...so little time.
We got through all that and after a nice potluck dinner at the marina, we ventured out on to a cool, calm lake to wet a line. After getting away from the harbor and into deeper water, we set lines and turned toward the bridge.
Fishing was slow, but we seemed to attract a crowd anyway.
Oh-oh, it's the cops.
Need to replace that worn out trim stripe on of these days. That would probably do as much as the polishing toward making the boat look good.
The kids arrived late morning with gear in hand. Looked like they were moving in for a week, but were just here for overnight. Can never be too prepared and up here, seems we go through a few different climate changes every day.
So the first order of business with the kids, lunch and…
Shopping! So many shops...so little time.
We got through all that and after a nice potluck dinner at the marina, we ventured out on to a cool, calm lake to wet a line. After getting away from the harbor and into deeper water, we set lines and turned toward the bridge.
Fishing was slow, but we seemed to attract a crowd anyway.
Oh-oh, it's the cops.
In 15 years of boating in and around the USCG in Ludington,
I never had much contact with them.
Within 15 minutes of boating in and around Mackinaw City, they were on my boat.
They
were very courteous about the whole thing and even allowed us to continue trolling throughout the whole process.
We just had to clear the lines from one side of the boat. Unfortunately, they didn’t bring any luck
aboard with them. At least we're assured there are no outstanding warrants for our arrest. Yes, they called in and ran all our names. That surprised me a little. It was just a bit more than "are your flares up to date".
As they left, we were advised to stay clear of the
approaching freighter.
No problem there. Not something I'm particularly interested in playing chicken with.
We wandered over to the north side of the channel...
and let the freighter pass to our starboard side as we passed below the bridge.
That, in a nutshell, was the extent of the evening fishing. I didn't see anything on the sonar so apparently there were no fish there to be caught. It's still early for that activity up there. The fish that are being caught are mostly lake trout. That action is over near Mackinac Island and we didn't want to venture over there for a short evening outing.
We took a Sunday morning stroll along the waterfront to breakfast. That was a mistake. Another hatch of midge flies overnight brought swarms of the mini pests everywhere. That's what all the black specks are above Shanna.
I got the daily bridge shot. Note the little boat trolling between the towers. I'll assume he's having the same success I had in that water.
We then high tailed it inland to the restaurant for a plate of blueberry pancakes. Seems to be the weekly "special" of one of the local eateries.
A stroll down main street on the way back, tidy up the boat and the weekend was history.
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