Next...Beaver Island

Enjoyed the night at Rock Island with a full moon and fairly calm conditions. It was nice to be in the harbor after a bit bumpy ride into Rock Island. As we were coming through some major waves (for us --> 5-6 ft short chop), a 20 ft fishing boat was going out to their fishing spot. So we are getting bounced around as they stop to throw in the lines. Well, after they also noticed the 6 footers they had enough and actually beat us to the Rock Island harbor.

Rock Island is a great place to stop over. There is a "L" breakwall that probably holds 4-5 boats max. Most of the time there are very few boats in the breakwall and most of those leave at night. Rock Island has no cars and everyone is transported to the Island via the ferry. Rock Island is a State park with probably 20 or so backpacking campsites. Very nice place to visit.

We woke at 4:30 this morning and the bay was only producing light rollers -- carryover from yesterday. We decided we would push onto Mantisique, MI (just to anchor for the night) -- but once we got within a hour of Manitique and the waters were calm -- we decided to head for Beaver Island. So we are now on the way to Beaver Island.

So far the Internet has worked without problems. The Wilson Booster and antenna takes the "Bars" from No bars to 3-4 bars each time.

Next time Aaron will be blogging - he'll have some good stories on the waves yesterday. As we were a bit frazeled, Aaron was having a blast -- wondering if we could get the boat to turn all the way on it's side -- or would the boat be able to completely go under water -- and on and on. He has a great time.