Home away from home -- at least on the boat

Tuesday - today we made our way from Mackinaw City to Beaver Island for a few days. On the trip over we encountered 2-3 ft waves on the bow and the water got calmer as we went.

The Port Huron to Mackinac Island race completed on Sunday and we saw a couple sailboats making their way down to Chicago for next weekends Chicago to Mackinac Island race. The sailboats where quite big and to our total disgust, they were much faster than we were with no sails (only their engine). The only boats that we can go faster than is the sailboats (without sails), well now we couldn't even keep up with the sailboats. They passed us and took off around 10kts compared to our 7kts.

We made it into Beaver Island and pulled into a "private" slip at the Beaver Island Town Dock. We are not big marina fans, so having a slip on the side of the marina all to ourselves was great. We enjoyed a nice meal at the Shamrock Grill and a nice ride around the "downtown" on the bikes. We have come to Beaver Island every year that we have had the boat and enjoy every trip. The Island is very slow with not much going on -- just a few restuarants and stores.

Tomorrow is Gaye's birthday -- so the boy's are getting ready for their surprise to Gaye.

Internet Access -- Nothing from the boat, but if I take the laptop up by the Harbor Master Office -- then I pickup somebody's wireless. No Verizon Cell phone service -- even with the booster and antenna.