Sunday, September 14, 2014
Pentwater to Whitehall. 7:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. 37 nautical miles.
Weather report: 15 – 20 knots winds from the SE, shifting to
W. Three to five foot waves increasing
to SEVEN.
Sunrise. Not the friendliest looking sky |
Dueling photo-ops with Perfect Balance. Why do the waves always look so much smaller in photos?? Not showing here are the great big rollers that cause us to pitch and roll around. |
Yep, here you have it folks, in case you were ever wondering... it's the largest wind-vane in the world. It's outside the grocery store in Montague, Michigan. |
Our backyard tonight. |
Back at the boat we napped and later joined Mimi and Jim for another evening on their beautiful Marine Trader, Perfect Balance. We pitched in for a lovely steak dinner, great conversation and lots of laughs.
Tomorrow we're not sure what we'll do. We're noticing a trend. Each day we look at the forecast from several different sources. Always, day five looks great, but by the time we get there it has changed and we're bouncing around out on Lake Bichigan again. We're beginning to think the weather forecasters have NO idea what is going to happen next so they just forecast: calm seas, one foot waves, no wind in an attempt to placate us. Just one nice day (or two, three?). Is that too much to ask?!?! C'mon weather guys!!
So, like always, tomorrow we'll get up and look out at the weather and see what we think. IF we can get a couple of hours in while it is still relatively calmish in the morning, before the witch of Bichigan wakes up and stirs the lake, we will. If not, it will be a "port day". We can't change the weather.... but we sure can find fun where we are! So we'll just go with that plan.
Might as well!!
Might as well!!
The entrance to the channel at Whitehall. Notice how shallow it looks and how the water rushes in off the lake. Kind of intimidating at first, but easy-breezy. |
2 comments:
Susan and Jeff, hi. Just got caught up on your blog. Yikes it sounds scary that Lake Bichigan!! You are sooo brave!! Sounds like a great time tho, beautiful scenery and nice people, sploring new towns and seeing great sunrises and sunsets. Carry on mates, be safe and love 'til the day comes through...warm hugs Barbara and Chester too
Thanks Barbara. Things are looking up! Great day today and they are forecasting more for tomorrow! Yeah!!
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