Day 355: Monday, August 25, 2013

Port to Port: James City, Beaver Island

Underway: 0:00 am      Motor Off: 0:00 pm      Miles Traveled: 0      Stayed At: Marina

Mile to Mile: It was windy today. Really, really windy. The forecast was for 15-20 knot winds with gust to 30 – we saw steady 20-30 knot winds with gust to 50+ all day. (Kent took a picture of his wind readout showing 52.6 knots – yikes). Even in our somewhat protected marina, the waves and whitecaps had the boats rockin’ and rollin’ all day. Waves on the big lake were 8-13 feet (not 8-13 inches like we like). But it was sunny and warm on land and we weren’t going anywhere so we weren’t suffering any.

I got up early as usual and worked on the blog in the lounge until it was time to join Kent and Cindy for breakfast at a restaurant nearby. We filled the morning walking around town, visiting the shops, stopping at the hardware store and watching the boats bob up and down in the waves. We borrowed a couple of DVD’s from Jane and set up the computer and some chairs and had a lazy afternoon watching movies.

We heated up a couple of pasties from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for dinner – a perfect dinner on a blustery day. We will probably have another down day tomorrow – the forecast is still calling for (lighter) wind with thunderstorms mixed in – so we will have a chance to explore and maybe squeeze in a nap or two.