Friday – Day 21 – 8/22/08

Sunrise as we left

We left the harbor about 0645 in first light. Today was very overcast with wind out of the south the direction we were moving. The waves built very fast reaching 4 foot about an hour and a half before we could slip into Harrisville marina. The boat got a good bath as we took it on the noise for four hours! The marina was a straight shot from the lake with a well marked harbor. As with all of the Michigan marinas, there’s plenty of help to get the boat secured in its slip and it’s much appreciated by this captain. Since St. Ignace, there has been a boat named “Sommarhem,” trailing us or we them. Well we finally met Pam and Dave yesterday in port and found out they will be traveling our route for the next week. We’ll probably shadow each other for the next few days or at least until we get to Lake Erie. There is safety in numbers especially on the open waters of Lake Huron. Harrisville is a very small all American town where QUIET is the main stay of activity. Barb and I are about to go into town and change that!

Entering Harrisville Harbor