Last night there were some pretty strong storms. We lost power for a bit, but I slept through most of it. I was awake when it started. We were tracking it on the radar. There are a few boats here from Canada, and I shared with them the radar to let them know there was a confirmed tornado in the U.P. When they looked at the radar one of them in a hard french accent said "red is bad, no?" The whole U.P. was red into Minnesota. The other one said "yes, red is bad." Then they asked if we were staying on the boat and I said yes. He then said, "OK, we just won't tell our wives" and the other guy was already gone talking to his wife.
This morning we awoke and Susan started breakfast. I went for a run and Susan then went for her run when I returned. Susan found a beach on Lake Charlevoix that we are going to check out later. We have to wait to do anything until after noon, so we can be sure to have a slip for the evening. You have to sign in at 8 am on a extension list and they say we will not know for sure until noon if we can stay another night.
Well I wrote the top portion obviously before noon. After Susan showered she stopped at the harbor house and they said we need to go! I thought for sure once we were in they would not kick us out...So we ended up going on to another marina and will be staying here one night and moving on. This place is not what it was cracked up to be.
We think we may go explore Lake Charlevoix tomorrow and go down to Boyne City which is about 14 miles away from here. It is all the way down at the end of the lake. Our neighbor from the city dock recommended it.
We spent time on the lake today and the kids had a good time. They played in the water and in the sand. This water is amazing. You can see 20 or more feet down, it is so clear. We anchored out in front of a public beach and our stern was in 3-4 feet and the bow was in at least 15 feet. I pencil dove off the front and did not touch. The sand was perfect firm and soft on the feet. It is exactly what we were told, just beautiful.
We had dinner at the village pub and it was not that great. We had eaten there for lunch one of the days and thought we would give it a second try. It was good because the kids could be loud and not annoy anyone, but the food is just so so.
I hope the wind dies down tomorrow. It is still very windy from our storms last night. The sky cleared, but the wind is still kicking.
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