Just a good weekend

Finally after 7 years we had to put new batteries in Mutual Fun. We had trojan t-105's but went with t -125's as they are the same foot print but more amps. Well close. After a little sawing and grinding with the dremil and many on lookers, they were in and ready to go. After doing a hydrometer check a few weeks back on the old batteries. It was discoverd a few cells were bad as now having an inverter it is critical to have good batteries.

The weather is finally starting to be more like summer but is still on the cool side for this time of year. But we will take it still. Saturday was a nice day with winds out of the NW 10 knts so it made for a nice day. Jeannie and I went out sailing after I went to Muskegon to look at a little electrical job on a boat. Gota support the cruising kitty somehow so I need to start now.

We had a few boats from the marina that was planing on anchoring out last weekend so we took of and sailed Lake Michigan for 7 miles up the coast then back to Indian bay in White Lake to anchor for the night. One of the things we did Friday night is that a lot on the dock had never seen the space station go over. So it was a good clear night Friday night and at 10:45 pm here it came. Many were very impressed as we got a 5 min viewing.

Once we got anchored and relaxed some. It was time to cook dinner. So I thought it would be a good time to try the inveter with our small microwave, as that is our biggest load we have onboard. Turned the inverter on and then the microwave and dam it, the alarm on the invert went off for low battery power. Now I was pissed and had to think what the h-ll. Now I was truley scratching me head and after shelling out over 700 buck for batteries and Jeannie would be asking I know what was going on. Afer resetting the invert a few times then it dawned on me tha the hot water heater was on. Click it goes off and then back to retrying the microwave, ahh yes no alam. Life is now good.

The July 4th Weekend

We decided to get out of the marina this past weekend and headed to the next port which is 32 miles to the north. One would think that being the 4th of July that it would be warm and sunny. Na, we had a Canadian low pressure system parked over us for a week that brought in cooler weather and clouds with rain. We left Whitehall @ 6 am Friday morning and motored the full distance to Pentwater for the fire works that night.

We went up with 2 other boats as we all had on warm clothes and some were even wrapped up in sleeping bags just to stay warm. We had fog most of the way as the water had turned over and was 45 to 50 degrees making for a foggy motor. While entering the channel into Pentwater which is not that big, we were already behind one of the sailboats that were in our group and long behold here comes mister ash@*%@ on half plane needing to get in between us for some ungodly reason. Well if one has ever been in a sailboat and to have a huge power boat come by you on half plane. Hang on! Well it did piss me off so as I closed in on his stern with my anchor about almost in his rear, I think he got the idea what he had done. I sure hope so.







Our youngest daughter and her hubby joined us for the day as we went into town and ate and walked around then dingyed back out to the boat for the fireworks that evening. They were not the best but better then nothing as it is nice to have them to view. One of the 2 boats that went up with us Friday asked if we wanted to have Breakfeast Saturday morning with them on there boat so we agreed. We cooked the saussage links and brought the OJ. Well dumy me I wanted to get the dink ready to go over so I untied it and was going to get in it, as I was doing that I kicked it and yep, away it goes by it's self drifting off. So I had no way to get it but swim. Ah it was refreshing but we managed.

Going back to Whitehall was pretty much the same but we had rain for about a hour as i was still cold and no wind. But you could see that the finally the weather pattern was starting to change as a high was starting to arrive which we knew was going to bring warmer weather in the coming week ahead.

Pelican's in Michigan

Bet you never figured you would see this. Over the last few years we have heard others say they have seen them off and on in different ports in northern Michigan. Friends of ours Pat and Craig finally proved it to us. They were in Frankfort Mi. that last few days due to a low pressure system setting over Michigan which kept many in ports.


It is an American White Pelican and we have read up on them and the do now and then get this far north.




Being home and not at the boat this week was interesting as a Ken which was anchored at South manitou Island had no internet connection but cell phone. To show what technology has done I was his weather man for a few days having access to the net and able to tell him daily what was coming his way.


South Manitou is a stop over for many that are going north and wishing to anchor as it is only a hiking and camping island is owned by the park service. In the cressent shore line in the photo one can almost go right up to shore and anchor but if the wind is out of the east is is wide open.