Scenes around Chicago

The last picture is of the Chicago River. They are trying to make the area like the riverwalk in San Antonio. The other pictures are at Navy Pier and of course, the tall ship.

Chicago

41 53.198N
87 36.713W
We arrived in Chicago after staying four nights in New Buffalo, MI. Chicago harbor is just filled with boats. The looper boat next to us in the slip, CLife from NC, oriented us to the city. It was very helpful. You can see Navy Peer in the distance of the last shot

New Buffalo, MI

41 47.852N
86 44.849W

This may be our last stop in MI. We will be here at least two nights waiting for better weather. We are due in Chicago on Sat.

There are nothing but condo's around the marina. I think they have over built--they are for sale signs of new unit everywhere. It is within easy distance of Chicago--round trip to Chicago is $24 per person.

St. Joseph, Benton Harbor Muni. Marina

42 6.896N

86 28.973W

There was a big tanker coming out of St. Joe's as we were getting ready to enter. Two lighthouses mark the entrance channel. It is a very industrial harbor. Whirlpool has its corp headquarters and R & D. The marina had free laundry and the best washer/dryer I have used. It is a new Maytag that is not on the market yet! Little things make a difference on this trip.

Ed enjoyed this stop--they had a discount boating store that reminded me of Defender. The name of the place is Wolfe and they came and picked us up at the marina and drove us back.

South Haven, MI

The tall ship had a pirate cruise and the volunteer was dressed for that. You can see the floating bar behind us. The bar needs work but if they move it the town won't let them put it back. Top is the bride riding on the bow with the groom in a bathing suit. Only in America!

South Haven, Californian

As you can see, there is another boat like ours. It has gas engines and can go just about double our speed. They have spent time redoing the interior and putting new canvas on. It really looks good. There are so few of these boats, that anyone who owns one is thrilled to see another and see what changes have been made. We met Debi and Doug and they took us on a little cruise to see a beautiful sunset. We also met some ex-Pfizer people from Kalamazo on board.



My daughter, Barb, said we should not have gottne on their boat, they could have been ax murderers. We thought other Californian owners could not be bad!

Kalamazoo Pfizer family visiting on the boat

Gary Spies his wife Mari and their two children Ella and Henry visited us in South Haven. Gary was kind enough to deliver some packages that we had sent to him. One of the problems along the way is getting things sent. It can be done but we really have trouble figuring out where we will be when.

We enjoyed having The Spies on the boat. Henry was very interested in boat and Ella was very familiar with South Haven.