Frankfort, Day 9

On Saturday we decided to try to get home to Sturgeon Bay. The forecast again was not great. We ended up making our way down to Frankfort and the waves were again brutal. With the exception of Mondays ride we have had wind and waves directly on our bow. We left Leland with the waves at our bow and when we went south to Frankfort they were quartering us. About 10 minutes from the break wall both Pierce and Peyton were vomiting from sea sickness. These can be the toughest waves as they are steep and pound the nose of the boat repeatedly. Then when we went south they still pounded us but also were rolling us. All you can do is go slow and make your way trough them. After about 3 hours we were again back at Jacobson Marina in Frankfort. They accommodated us with a slip and we were greeted with a rainy day.

Once we were situated I got the kids off the boat and went up to there boaters lounge. They have a big screen television, pool table, books and board games to relax and rejuvenate. We played a game of Sorry with Pierce and Peyton watched a Harry Potter marathon that was playing on ABC Family. The staff also made us a nice breakfast from the leftovers they had from the Grand Banks Lake MI Rendezvous that was at the Marina the last few days.

After Breakfast Susan did some shopping as they were having a sidewalk sale and bought Peyton a raincoat and some other items that caught her eye. When she returned we were all still relaxing up in the lounge when we saw some bigger Sea Rays coming into the harbor. Susan and I were both wondering if these boats possibly came across the lake from Sturgeon Bay and wanted to see if they had a report on how the lake was. I guess the day before this area saw 12-14 foot waves and said it was more like October weather than late July weather.

Turns out the boats were from Sturgeon Bay and we actually knew them. I stopped to talk to them and they said the waves were OK as they had following seas and it did not get really bad until they were about 15-20 miles out. With this news Susan and I figured tomorrow would be the day to attempt to go back.

Later in the afternoon I went to the downtown to get some tools at the hardware store to replace some allen wrenches that were dropped in the lake on accident. When walking downtown I noticed their little theater in town was playing the Despicable Me II movie, so when I returned to the boat I told everyone that I had a plan. We did dinner at a brew pub next to the movie theater and went to the show at 8 pm. This was the best thing we could do on such a rainy crumby day. The rain clouds ended up lifting in the afternoon and we did actually see some sun but for the most part it was still too cold to go to the beach and spend the day on the water. While at the brew pub the boys decided to play a game of tag while waiting for the food.