The weather watch is on...

Now that we are with-in a few days of our planned departure, it is time to monitor the predicted wave heights and winds for this weekends Lake Michigan crossing. We have two choices for the Lake Michigan crossing -- one way is to cross-over directly from Sturgeon Bay to South Manitou Island (6-7 hour trip). The other way is to go to Rock Island the first day (6 hours) and then cross to Beaver Island the next day (8 hours).

This is were the wave heights and winds come into play. A calm Lake Michigan and we'll cross right over on Saturday -- waves above 2 ft, then we'll take the other path.

I spend about a week or so watching the trend for the Saturday wave heights and winds. This gives me a good feeling for what to expect come Saturday.