July 24-28 Lower Lake Michigan

Cutter jumped ship and was looking for a boat with better food. ( Erin and Sammy, did you catch the name of the boat?) He's really happy that Mom has not found a groomer.
Ludington boasts of having the last coal fired steam vessels. It is an old heavily polluting process of using coal to fire the steam engines. It moves people and cars to Wisconsin.

Not every day is perfectly calm. We left Ludington with 15 mph winds behind us. The swells were about 3 ft. Glad we were going South. Made great time.

It is still strange to look to shore and see high sand dunes on the way to Saugatuck, the city written up as an art community. We pulled into the harbor around 5 pm on Sunday. What a ZOO boats going in every direction at no wake speed. Reminiscent of Wrightsville Beach on a summer weekend. None of the marinas answered on channel 16, but from the looks of it no one had any slips anyway.

We tried channel 9 and found it was the hailing channel for the Eastern Shore of Lake Michigan. Singapore Yacht Club had a cancellation an hour ago and we took the slip until noon tomorrow.
The city was great. An old movie theatre had been refurbished as a bar and grill, color everywhere and great artwork, mostly local.

Check out the window above the green man.

Maybe a closer look is in order.

Sunday afternoon in the Park?

Useful any afternoon.

This ferry moves people across the river by use of a chain. You may be able to see the chain in the front.

It was wonderful that the city was built up around the Yacht Club

We left Saugatuck for St. Joseph . The inlet was a lot less crowded on Monday and again signs of the boating fees at work. deepening the channel and building better breakwaters.

The painted carousel horses of St. Joseph were written up in several books and I wanted a photo for Mom. When we arrived the Marina was closed A quick phone call and we settled into our slip. Time to do laundry again. Maytag had donated a washer and dryer to the marina and they in turn did not charge for the use. The dock master drove us to town and picked us up.

Seems like this year Dogs were the thing. Not to bore you, I am only showing a few.

The hardest thing is to choose only a few photos

Leaving the harbor ready for our next adventure.