-Leaving Port Sanilac
Barb and I got up early with the expectation that we could get out of the harbor early and get out of Lake Huron once and for all! It didn’t happen as planned. There was water still coming over the break wall and the boat was stuck to the dock by the wind. Common sense told us to chill out and wait for the right moment to leave. Around 1100 the waves subsided to 1 to 3 feet and we decided to get underway. By the time we pulled the power lines, water lines and dock lines it was 1130. We threaded our way past the gas dock and made it into the lake with out incident. We wanted to get into the river system and out of Lake Huron so we kicked up the speed and passed under the Blue Water Bridge that connects Canada and the US at Port Huron at 1355. We are staying at another Michigan marina that is on the Black River. As always, every thing about this marina is perfect. They even have a golf cart service if you want to frequent a local restaurant. Tomorrow we will try to cruise about 70 miles down the St. Clair River across Lake St. Clair and into the Detroit River. Our plan is to spend an extra day in Detroit so we can go to Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum. If that works out we should be entering Lake Erie on Friday to meet our very good friends Rose and Jerry Hutzel that we met in Mexico some years ago. As I write this Barb has her nose in the cruise book trying to figure out exactly where we will end up tomorrow. Every day is now an adventure and we are having a great time living it!
