July, 2020
Subject to Change - beautiful boat! crossing Lake Huron from Cheboygan to Les Cheneaux Islands - great day to travel
We started the month with a short 5 day trip. We were traveling with Subject to Change (Tim & June Sneider & Maggie May [dog]). We went to Government Bay in the Les Cheneaux Islands which are on the northern shore of Lake Huron east of Mackinac Island. We spent 2 nights at anchor and loved it – very quiet this year with very little boat traffic. We took the dinghies and visited Cedarville and Hessel. Had a great lunch in Hessel at the tavern in town. The museums in Cederville weren’t open (bummer) so we walked around this small village. We left Government Bay on July 3 and traveled to St. Ignace, MI to meet up with Meanders (North Pacific 49). Tom and Nancy Rea are former DF 44 owners and lovely couple from Petoskey. We had meals aboard all three boats in the next two days (Hallelujah served pancakes with blueberry sauce; Subject to Change had white fish dinner; Meanders did 4th brats and side dishes). To say the least we ate way to much. We visited the Ojibwa museum and walked around town – not much from when we used to stop here in the 1980’s. We watched the parade and fireworks from Meander and had great social distancing. There was a bagpipe player in the marina that provided background music. Had a great time. Returned on Duncan Bay Boat Club on July 5.
We continued social distancing and isolation on the boat. We aren’t motivated to do much but the days seem to slip by. About twice a month we venture over to Petoskey for groceries and other supplies (it is a 35 minute drive each way). We ventured south the middle of the month to check out marinas along the Lake Huron coastline as we are planning to take the boat south to Tawas, MI. We saw boater friends who have moved to RV living while in Alpena, MI. Great to connect with Belinda and Jim Wolfe.
We headed south on Hallelujah on July 21 (we were to leave earlier but weather wasn’t cooperating). We went 39 miles to Rogers City with Tim and June Sneider on Subject to Change. We spent two nights there. We took a 12 mile bike ride (first time for Barb on a bike in two years) on a great bike trail and walked around town. We found two museums open and enjoyed both. There was a good meat market here so we picked up some meat. We left Rogers City on July 23 and went 57 miles to Alpena. This is a bigger town with more stores open. Unfortunately the NOAA Center wasn’t open – a museum we really wanted to see. We were here two nights and the weather windows were closing down so decided to turn back north before weather got really bad. We went back to Rogers City on July 25 and had to spend two nights again waiting for a morning weather window to get back to Cheboygan. We left Rogers City at 6:55 a.m. for home on July 27 and were in our slip by noon, which was just before heavy winds started to build. Spent to rest of the month cleaning the boat, laundry and grocery shopping. We are not motivated to do more. Barb finally got a haircut on July 30 and it felt really good!
We continued social distancing and isolation on the boat. We aren’t motivated to do much but the days seem to slip by. About twice a month we venture over to Petoskey for groceries and other supplies (it is a 35 minute drive each way). We ventured south the middle of the month to check out marinas along the Lake Huron coastline as we are planning to take the boat south to Tawas, MI. We saw boater friends who have moved to RV living while in Alpena, MI. Great to connect with Belinda and Jim Wolfe.
We headed south on Hallelujah on July 21 (we were to leave earlier but weather wasn’t cooperating). We went 39 miles to Rogers City with Tim and June Sneider on Subject to Change. We spent two nights there. We took a 12 mile bike ride (first time for Barb on a bike in two years) on a great bike trail and walked around town. We found two museums open and enjoyed both. There was a good meat market here so we picked up some meat. We left Rogers City on July 23 and went 57 miles to Alpena. This is a bigger town with more stores open. Unfortunately the NOAA Center wasn’t open – a museum we really wanted to see. We were here two nights and the weather windows were closing down so decided to turn back north before weather got really bad. We went back to Rogers City on July 25 and had to spend two nights again waiting for a morning weather window to get back to Cheboygan. We left Rogers City at 6:55 a.m. for home on July 27 and were in our slip by noon, which was just before heavy winds started to build. Spent to rest of the month cleaning the boat, laundry and grocery shopping. We are not motivated to do more. Barb finally got a haircut on July 30 and it felt really good!
Taking the dinghy into Cedarville, MI. Great day on the water!
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July 4 breakfast aboard Hallelujah - pancakes on the back deck.
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