I hemmed and hawed for the past couple days about coming north. I'm healing a leg injury so the status of that was playing a part of the decision, then there's the midge fly issue. I called the marina and due to the wind, the flies were gone. I decided that was good enough and left a cold, rainy, southern Michigan.
But the promise was that conditions would improve as I traveled north. What a difference 250 miles makes.
Cold, sunny northern Michigan...
...and a hang on to your hat kind of wind blowing off the lake.
It was a bit choppy across the Straits toward Mackinac Island...
...and the bridge.
It wasn't terribly rough as the water is somewhat protected from most any wind, but the ferry riders were being warned of a wet ride for those on the top deck so there had to be a serious chop out there.
I noticed a new sight as I arrived at the marina. Seems Shepler's has a new ferryboat in the driveway.
They're building some kind of temporary structure over the hull to protect it while it is painted and equipped. It's like a big Erector Set.
It has three props. Bet those aren't cheap.
The hull looks to be a little bigger than the boats now in service although it can't be any longer in order to be able to turn in the marina basin.
Probably just seems bigger because it's all there on the pavement. It is to be christened the "Miss Margy" according to what I read.
I took a stroll out to the end of the pier and noticed the same line of sailboats that sat there all last year. Some of those boats have registrations that are over 10 years old. Such a waste. They'll deteriorate until they're junk.
So, this is what I've been waiting for after 40 years of work.
Sunday evening, the weather turns clear and calm after a weekend of rain and wind and I have the run of the marina.
Doesn't get any better than that.
Forecast is for calm water for a few days. Think I'll do a little boating.
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