Monday, August 6, 2012

82°58.778’ W

42°21.273’ N

Gregory Boat Co.

Detroit, Michigan



Leaving N-E Port Marina



Barb and I delayed our start trying to figure out the weather on Lake Erie! Once we decided it was a go we moved our boat to the fuel dock to experience a gas price hike of .54 cents a gallon since entering port three days before! I’m not sure what’s going on but the gas industry isn’t being very kind! So much for complaining ---- I paid the bill and off we went.



Detroit Light



Detoirt Skyline



Downtown Detroit



The lake wasn’t as bad as predicted and we had a bumpy but pleasant trip to the entrance of the Detroit River. Along the way and at the entrance we experienced ship traffic one being a 1000 foot ore carrier. When you stack our 35 foot boat against a 1000 foot ore carrier there isn’t any thing to compare. We followed on old Laker into the river and slowly lost sight of it as it proceeded up the river. As we progressed north the current began to increase slowing our boat over 2 mph.  I was told as we progress north the current will get stronger until reaching Lake Huron.

 

We didn’t have a destination planned and randomly selected Gregory Boat Co. that had good prices, a great ship store and very good security in the middle of Detroit. As soon as we had the boat secured I changed the oil in both engines before calling it a long day.

Tomorrow will be a shorter day as we will cruise into Lake St. Clair and visit Heather and Larry, friends we met while in Mexico.