Mackinac Island, MI

45 50.992N

84 36.903W

A very unique place. There are no cars or trucks only horse drawn carriages. Its a very busy port with lots of ferries coming and going. You can always spot Shore Thing with the blue and orange kayaks on the sundeck.

Government Island Anchorage

45 58.176N

84 18.978W

Water temp. 67.

Sail boat races in the Les Cheneaux Islands. It must be Wednesday evening and no wind. They called off the race and had a great party!

There was a wooden boat parade the day after we left the Les Cheneaus Islands. Everyone was getting their boat ready for the parade. There are a number of wooden boats in the area both new and old.

On the way to Les Cheneaux Islands, MI

40th Wedding Anniversary

Today Ed and I celebrated our 40th Anniversary. We played a round of golf--18-- at the Rock on Drummond Island and went to a very nice restaurant at Bayside. It was perfect weather--warmer than it has been, sunny and light breeze.

Harbor Island, MI

Today we met Jan and Pete from Time in a Bottle. They are from Michigan and gave us some good anchorages in northern MI.

Harbor Island, MI

46 02.949N

83 46.117W

You can see Drummond Island Marina with the white roofs in the distance. This is a lovely anchorage. Ed is grilling our dinner at 8pm. We are here for two nights. Ed wanted me to be sure to tell everyone we are still talking!!! (not yelling)

Drummond Island, MI USA

Here we are at Drummond Island, MI. We have passed over to the US with little note. Customs was very easy, we had all the necessary paper work for Shore Thing and ourselves.

It is with mixed emotions that we left. We had such a wonderful time and experiences. We did not want to leave without thanking all our friends in Canada for their help and encouragement to see their country from a great viewpoint--a boat.

Our thanks to Ted and Pat Larson for all their help, i.e. car, going over charts and showing us really great anchorages, Sue and David Allen for suggesting Hotham even though we never really had an opportunity to see you this year. Randy, Prime Time V, from Great Lakes Cruisers Association sitting with us and going over the charts in detail. Hope you are feeling better, Randy. Peter and Thais for going over charts with us and suggesting favorite anchorages. Odyssey was a great help to us in finding anchorages in Whaleback Channel.