Year 2 Day 144

Today is Saturday, August 18th and we're now at Leland, Michigan having arrived here on Wednesday afternoon.  The awful weather arrived on Thursday and we've been stuck here because of extreme rain and winds.  Hopefully we can leave tomorrow.

We enjoyed Charlevoix quite a bit and were able to move over to the City Marina where all our friends were and enjoyed "docktails" and dinnerl.

Docktails at Charlevois City Marina

In the city of Charlevois there are some homes built by Earl Young known as the mushroom houses, gnome homes, fairy or hobbit houses.  Mr. Young was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's philosophy that structures should harmonize with the environment.  We rode our bikes around the neighborhood to take in these homes.

Notice the wavy roofline

Child's playhouse in backyard

even with a fireplace

Another Earl Young home

When arriving or leaving Charlevoix you have to go through a long channel with a lift bridge which opens on the half hour.  When arriving, we waited in the narrow channel for 15 minutes struggling to keep the boat straight.  Once the bridge lifted, there was a huge ferry boat waiting on the other side and I had to compliment the captain on what a good job he did getting us out of a tight situation.

Charlevoix lift bridge

We arrived in Leland on Wednesday afternoon and the girls proceeded to the beach for the afternoon.  I have a little cold today because the water was absolutely freezing!  However the water is so clear and blue that you can see the bottom.

The sunset after the storm on Thursday

The weather came in on Thursday but in the afternoon we girls hit the sidewalk sale in town.  As I mentioned, the winds have been too high to leave but hopefully tomorrow they will calm down as we head to Frankfort down the coast.