Beaver Island, MI to Charlevoix, MI

Miles Traveled 33.0

Total Miles Traveled 5952

Day 343

We had planned to leave the marina early this morning but were greeted with a thunderstorm warning; it finally passed through around 11 a.m. so we were on our way.

We had to cross 31 miles of Lake Michigan to get to the mainland and the marina at Charlevoix.  It was a little more “rock & roll” than we prefer as the wind shifted more from the west giving us the waves more on the beam than the bow. 

The water is a lot deeper than we normally see too.  I wish we had about 10 feet of it through Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. 

We arrived at Charlevoix Michigan at the City Marina, and were immediately greeted by a fellow looper that we haven’t met yet, “Next Adventure”.  Then as were securing the boat, “Miss My Money” arrived at the marina, we haven’t seen them since Killarney, ON.  While connecting our boats power, another looper “Last Dance” came to welcome us, this was the first time we have met them also.

This was a busy stop for us, since we had a late start we didn’t arrive at the marina until late afternoon and we needed a ton of groceries.  We were lucky to find a grocery store less than a block from the marina.  We used their cart to bring all of our groceries back to the boat, and then returned the cart.

While walking to the store we passed these flowers, Moni says she hasn’t seen black petunias before.