Saturday, August 20, 2016

Frankfort, MI Day 3

Miles Traveled 0
Total Miles Traveled 6027
Day 346

The weather is keeping us here at Frankfort, a storm front started moving through around 11:00, which gave us time this morning to go to the local farmers market and craft show.



We have been sooo lucky on the severe weather since we started the loop.  Today’s weather reminded us of a storm that blew up while we were anchored on the Gulf side in Florida; a tornado hit Cape Coral Florida during the storm.  We watched the weather on that storm, and the severe weather split and went around us.  Today’s storm did the same thing; the band of severe weather broke and went above and below us.  We are the small dot in the middle of the storm front.



We had strong winds, then heavy rain most of the afternoon.


This unoccupied sailboat broke loose from its anchorage and was drifting toward the marina.  Three boaters from our marina took a dinghy out and were able to start the boat and move it away from the dock, then reset the anchor.



We had a couple of breaks in the rain, but the wind continued to blow, I zoomed in on the break wall at the inlet and you can see the waves crashing ashore. 


We even had a rainbow.



If the weather predictions hold true, we will stay here tomorrow, then head about 50 miles south to another marina.  We may be there for several days as the winds are supposed to be 15-20 mph next Tuesday through Friday. 

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