Day 36 – Jeanne’s Girlfriends come aboard
We are staying over in the Elmwood Marina through Sunday. Eileen, Patty and Cindy have come to Traverse City to hang out while I fly home for the 51st Touhy Invitational. I am flying home on Friday and back on Sunday. Coming back with me is my College buddy Michael who is going to sail […]
Read moreDay 35 – Relocating in Traverse Bay
Today several of our friends are coming to Traverse to hang out with Jeanne while I go back to Chicago to play in the Touhy Invitational. Peen honin is going to be pretty full with five people, but we have the space. We are going to be moving from the Duncan Clinch Marina to the […]
Read moreDay 34 – It is raining
Well we didn’t escape the rain. About 45 minutes from the harbor now.
Read moreDay 34 – Heading to Duncan L. Clinch (Traverse City)
Northport was a quant little town with a Grocery store (Tom’s) very close by. A new port house, nice showers and bathrooms. Our slip was a little gnarly but we had help from some nice neighbors. Jeanne and I headed over to Betty’s Bakery which is purported to be one of the top ten bakeries [&hel
Read moreDay 33 – Heading to Northport
We are now heading into the Grand Traverse Bay Area. A lot of things are going to be happening in this area. I am going to be flying home for the 51st Touhy Invitational golf tournament Our friends Eileen, Cindy and Patty are going to be joining Jeanne for a couple of days while I […]
Read moreDay 31 – Melancholy day on Peen Honin
We are departing Mackinaw City for Petoskey. Anne Marie and Seamus are heading back to Seattle and Tucson. That is always hard. We had a great week with the two of the on board. Today we are going back the way we came to Petoskey. I would have to say that Straits Harbor in Mackinaw […]
Read moreDay 30 – Best day yet!
We started the day thumbing our nose at the 11:00 checkout time and having pancakes and bacon. Best part we had a ton of bacon. We finally left St. Ignace at 12:30. We motored under the Mackinac Bridge to give the kids the experience. Then we came about and started sailing. The winds were moderate [
Read moreDay 29 Going to St. Ignace
So first I am going to give a review of the Grand Hotel (Day 28). It was mostly terrible. The waiter for Anne Marie’s birthday dinner was very inattentive, we asked for our prime rib to be rare to medium rare. It was well done. The sommelier recommended a wine that he liked a lot […]
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