Sleepy Beaver Island

We are now sitting on anchor in St. James harbor at Beaver Island. We made it to the island at 1:30 today after a fairly nice calm trip from Rock Island.

As soon we got set on anchor, Aaron was ready to go to the Toy Store. Beaver Island has a small little toy store that is in an old house on the shores of St. James Harbor. We took the dinghy to the toy store and Aaron bought about $10 worth of 25 cent toys.

We have been to Beaver Island the last 4 years and have many favorite spots. Besides the toy store, they have a fresh fish "store" (in a tiny shack) that has the best smoked fish. They run the commercial fishing boat and smoke the fish fresh every day. We also enjoy the Shamrock (small bar/restaurant 100+ years old), Stoney Acres, and the ice cream shop. If you make it to Beaver Island, be sure to try Stoney Acres -- excellent food -- worth the mile walk/bike ride up the road.

Very nice sleepy town that is certainly worth the trip. Tomorrow will be our day to sleep-in and relax around Beaver Island. On Wednesday we will cruise up to Mackinac Island where we have slip reservations for Tuesday and Wednesday.

Aaron still plans to do his blog -- just a bit busy with the toys.