Elk Rapids, Day 6

Sleep was hard to come by due to the perfect wind and wave angle happening all day Tuesday. The rolling and lapping kept Susan and I both awake for awhile, however, upon waking up it was all done blowing. Once everyone was up, I got the bikes down from the bow and we trekked out to find a grocery store to resupply the food on board. I found fresh wild caught MI lake trout, some great marinade as well as a local wine. Susan grabbed some sweet potatoes and broccoli, along with various other items.

When we got back to the boat we decided to go down the famous dam slide that is in Elk Rapids. Peyton was the first to go down it and did great. Then it was Pierce's turn which meant it was also mine. Susan said it was much too cold for her. Once I had taken Pierce down he and Peyton went together. After about 10 min Susan decided to give it a try and join in the fun. After all the rapids fun we moved down to the beach. The beach is nice, but not great. The shore is full of zebra mussels so you have to be careful where you step. It is also very rocky and shallow. The shallow part is nice and it was much like Suttons Bay with regards to the shallowness but was much more rocky. The kids had fun moving all the rocks around and collecting ones to take home. Peyton dug the biggest hole in the beach. He said he was trying to make a hot tub...

After relaxing on the beach it was time to get back to the boat and start our dinner. We were all looking forward to our fresh fish dinner. Of course everything turned out great and everyone over ate. While cooking we met a couple who are part of the High Cliff Yacht Club from back home. They were sailors and trailered their Hunter 25 to Grand Traverse Bay.

After dinner we thought we would go downtown to see what was going
on. We had seen children coming back to the dock with fire hats and thought there must be something interesting downtown. Since we were all very full from dinner we thought it was time for a walk and check it out. It turns out on Wednesdays in the summer downtown Elk Rapids have a block party and close the street for different storefronts and vendors.  They even had many fundraising activities and games for kids. I was at this point a bit disappointed we ate so much at the boat.  There was all kinds of great food to try, but we were all too full!

The forecast for crossing is not looking great. We either need to go on Thursday or may have to wait until Monday.