Year 2 Day 138

Today is Sunday, August 12th and we're currently in Charlevoix, Michigan having finally left Mackinac Island this morning at 7:30.  We had intended to leave on Thursday but had to wait 3 more days due to high winds.  Even today once we were in Lake Michigan the waves were high enough to cause us an uncomfortable trip.

Leaving Mackinac Island

This lighthouse was featured

in "Somewhere in Time". 

Approaching the 5 mile long

Mackinac Bridge

Closer shot of the Mackinac Bridge

It wasn't difficult to stay at Mackinac as it's such a fun place.  There are lots of people vacationing on the island including lots of day visitors from St. Ignace and Mackinac City.  There were other "loopers" at the marina and we enjoyed their company.

The only negative thing that happened is that Friday night about 2:30 AM there was a loud commotion at the end of the dock.  We heard yelling and splashing like people were drunk and jumping in the water.  It was very annoying and I was wishing somebody would say something to them.  Eventually I went back to sleep.  Unfortunately, the next morning they discovered a dead body in the water right at the end of the dock.  It was a young man who worked on the island.  Mike gave a statement to the police about what he heard and we both were upset that we didn't get up and attempt to quiet things down.  Apparently he drowned.

Anyway on a positive note, we arrived here at Charlevoix and have to change marinas tomorrow as we couldn't get into the city marina yesterday.  We spent the afternoon doing laundry and resting.  We hear there's a lot to do here and we're looking forward to seeing it.