Charlevoix - Frankfort - Ludington - Grand Haven

We left Charlevoix on Monday, 8/25 and ran 65 nautical miles to Frankfort. This was the longest day in quite a while. The seas were still rolling Monday morning, left from the wind over the weekend. Shelly was not feeling well but about midmorning it settled down and the rest of the ride was quite plesant. We moved on the next morning to Ludington which was another interesting town. They are still served by some large ferry boats which used to carry railroad cars from Ludington across the Lake to Wisconsin. They now carry only trucks and automobiles and passengers. These ferries are still coal fired and they are the size of small ships. On the way to Ludington, Sunshine stopped off in Manestee for lunch and a quick tour through the town and then continued on to Ludington.
On Wednesday we ran from Ludington to Grand Harbor, Mi. with plans to possibly spent the holiday weekend. Now we are considering moving along on Saturday because the marina is full for the weekend and Friday is forecast for unfavorable weather with Saturday becoming a good day to travel again. Muriel contacted her Uncle and Aunt, her mother's borther, who live in Holland, about 15 miles south of here. They drove here this morning and we rode with them around the area and had lunch with them.
Tomorrow we have a car rented because we have to drive to Muskeegon to pick-up parts. We are sharing the cost with Southern Comfort because they also have to go there to get parts.
The shore of Lake Michigan has been quite suprising to us. It has been lined with tall, sometimes over 400 feet, sand dunes. The water is much clearer than I ever imagined. The salmon are running and every inlet is crowded with local fishermen and charter fishing boats.

We are trying to plan for our arrival in Chicago but several of the marinas there are booked for the weekend of 9/4 so we may have do kill some time or go to other marinas.