Day 118, August 23, 2012 (Holland, MI): On Monday, August 20, 2012, we traveled from Ludington to Whitehall, an easy 43 mile run in beautiful weather except for Lake Michigan. The forecast was one to two foot wave heights from the southwest.

Day 115, August 20, 2012 (Ludington, MI): In the last few days we visited three ports: Leland, Frankfort, and Ludington.

Day 110, August 15, 2012 (Leland, MI): This is a collection of images from our last two stops: Petoskey for two days and Charlevoix for 3 days. Petoskey is a buzzing little town of under 10,000 inhabitants, a must stop for loopers. Charlevoix is much smaller but also bustling and the best waterfront we have seen so far on the western shore of Michigan. Unique (I think) are the mushroom houses of Charlevoix.

Day 105, August 10, 2012 (Harbor Springs, MI): Here we are … by choice? Harbor Springs is pleasant, clean, and neat with lots of activity including street acts of music, magic, balloons for kids, and lots of people on Main Street of this town of 1,300 inhabitants, last evening . We want to move on to Petoskey across Little Traverse Bay but it is almost winter today with temps in the low 50s, low clouds, and winds  gusting to 40 mph. At the left, Little Traverse children’s sailing camp have a sail furling competition. At the right is a classy little shop on Main Street.

Day 95, July 31, 2012 (Little Current, ON): Little Current is a misnomer. “Big Current” would be more like it and like a tide the current seems to have a diurnal variation. The eastern entrance to the narrows is marked by a lighthouse and a swing bridge with 18 feet of clearance. We get in but the long line two-storey traffic at the left of the bridge in the image awaits the opening on the hour.