We are finally off

First day out. We had planed on leaving at 6am but weather delayed us a few hours as a front came through and we had rain early on. We finally got to leave around 9:30 am.
As we pulled out of our slip on “c” dock and passed “A” dock. There were many friends and what we call family out on the end wishing us off. Trust me it was very hard seeing everyone out there waving and blowing there horns as we slowly motored by everyone. Even Buster was having a hard time leaving his home on “A” dock. (Sorry Lenny) Being dog people we figured this was the next best ting to a real dog. He even came with his own can of S--t Buster never got out much so we figured he needed to see some of the country. (More to come)
After motoring all day starting out in following seas the once past the wind switched to the north and we pounded the last 3 hours into the waves as we could sure tell we were loaded down. But we arrived safely in Ludington which we plan on staying 2 days as looking at the weather it is not good for a few days.

Ludington to Frankfort.
It started out as a motor boat ride as usually when ever your trying to sail some place in Lake Michigan. As the day grew on so did the weather as we started sailing and doing 8 kts fully loaded I was pleasantly surprised. But that only lasted for about 4 hours as after that the wind switched to the north as the front that we expected came in and we had it on the nose for the rest of the day and major water over the bow. We ended up sleeping in the cockpit and in the settee that night airing things out. All is well as we are trying to adjust to living aboard as we look at each other and say Ok now what do we do.lol