Miles Traveled 46.2
Total Miles Traveled 5919
Day 342
We left Mackinac Island and Lake Huron through the Straits
of Mackinac and under the Mackinac Bridge into Lake Michigan. It was cloudy and overcast as we passed buoy
2 and approached the bridge.
The ferries don’t waste any time crossing from the
mainland to the islands.
We were fortunate to have the weather in our favor as we
cruised through the crystal clear open waters of Lake Michigan.
The abandon lighthouse at Waugashance was the first light
built in the Great lakes that was totally surrounded by water. Waugashance is at the northern end of the long
fetch of “south-wester” waves on Lake Michigan; the wave action is amplified as
they build upon the shoal. Its walls
were incased in steel, and are 5 ½ feet thick at the bottom. The Waugashance Light operated from 1851
until its deactivation in 1912.
The Grays Reef Light, marking Grays Reef Passage, a
narrow channel in the northeasterly end of Lake Michigan and runs between Grays
Reef on the west and Vienna Shoal on the east and is the only navigable opening
for deep draft vessels between the Straits of Mackinac and the waters east of
Beaver Island and the Manitou Islands.
Beaver Island is the largest island in Lake Michigan and
lies approximately 32 miles from the mainland city of Charlevoix and can only be
reached by air or boat.
After walking around town this afternoon, we stopped at the Shamrock for pizza, then watched a pool shark clean the table.
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