Bridging

Bridging

St Ignace, MI to Beaver Island, MI   40.7 nautical miles

from Lake Huron to Lake Michigan

45°44’56.6″N 85°30’41.9″W
45.749062, -85.511625
Elevation: 580 feet

St Ignace Marina

Best marina yet (but internet is crappy at all of them)

St Ignace Marina
St Ignace Marina

InterAgency Security Drills

Thank you for keeping our inland waters safe

Boats from the Coast Guard, Michigan State Police, Sheriffs from multiple counties, St Ignace and Mackinac City Police were practicing explosive device searches and detaining vessel boarding procedures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elsewhere in the Marina

parasail take off
Ship’s rudder and old buoy (thingy laying on ground behind)

 

Hardware Store conversation

Clerk: What are you looking for?
Mary: My husband.
Clerk: You could find a new one. There are plenty of them here.

Mary’s new bike basket

 

Daily Check and Boat Maintenance

Boat Maintenance – adding oil

Mackinac Bridge

Mackinac Bridge – Lake Huron to Lake Michigan
Mackinac Bridge – Lake Huron to Lake Michigan
Mackinac Bridge – Lake Huron to Lake Michigan
Mackinac Bridge
Mackinac Bridge

Did we take enough pictures, eh?

 

Lake Michigan

Following Seas
Following Seas
Killing time – Bad Day for Spiders. Good Day for Mary.

BTW, the biting flies are terrible!!!!!

Works for spiders too
The biting fly blues (From the Poet Laureate)
Woke up in port this mornin’
Felt good to get to snooze
But heading cross the water now
We got the biting fly blues
 
Heard reports of weather
Made it hard to choose
Finally made our minds up
Got the biting fly blues
 
Do they wait out or’ the water?
Then swoop down on the crews
Each ship becomes a new buffet
Got the biting fly blues
 
We’ve had it way to easy
So now we’re payin’ our dues
Not fast enough to shake them
Got the biting fly blues
 
First mates gone down below decks
Leaving Captain and the crew
Up top and slapping insects
Got the biting fly blues
 
You come this way, you risk it
Its you who’ll have to choose
And if you do you may get
The biting fly blues
Biting Fly

Beaver Island Marina

Neighbors
Neighbors
Neighbors
Neighbors
Neighbors

Beaver Island

Beaver Island Sidewalk
Beaver Island
Beaver Island

2 thoughts on “Bridging

  1. Some of your neighbors look like they like to travel fast.How far is this Island from Solid Ground?

    1. Beaver Island Island is about 40 nautical miles from St. Ignace, MI and 80 nautical miles from Washington Island at the end of Door County in WI.

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