August 2021

This week we moved on to Sturgeon Bay, WI where we met up with fellow loopers on Betty Gail and War Eagle.  We enjoyed “docktails” in the marina’s boaters lounge, which had two large seating areas, a large screen TV, kitchen, and fireplace.  I felt as if I was in someone’s nicely decorated house and […]

And the loop continues… Before arriving in Door County, while still in the upper peninsula of Michigan, we stopped at Fayette Historic State Park, recommended by several locals we spoke to.  It was a great history lesson.  Fayette, in the late 1800’s was the site of a productive iron-smelting operation for over 24 years.   The

Ok, I need to acknowledge my ignorance in America’s geography.  I did not know Michigan had an Upper Peninsula “UP”, jutting out of the northern tip of Wisconsin.   I thought the state of Michigan was the mitten – I didn’t know it included the UP, which several “Yoopers” we met at a wine tasting noted

This week’s highlight was a stop at Mackinac Island near the northern tip of Michigan.   At first, we couldn’t get a slip reservation at the island’s marina, so we were staying 3 days at Mackinaw City Marina on the mainland and taking a ferry over to the island.   But Captain Dave scored a slip on

I’ve learned so much geography on this adventure.  I didn’t realize Lake Erie was connected to Lake Huron, first by the Detroit River, then Lake St. Clair and then the St. Clair River to Lake Huron.  Of course, the water all flows from the north (eventually over Niagara Falls), so we were battling currents as