Moving again

Laurie and I parked the boat in Tawas on August 17 and headed to Midland. While we were there, we closed on the house, attended two weddings, a house warming party at our daughter and son-in-law's house, a birthday party for Laurie's mom and connected with other friends and family. It was great to see so many people before saying goodbye to Midland.

On August 17th, we said our goodbyes to our Tawas friends and headed out. We had a fantastic sail to Port Sanilac. I was struck by a sense of sadness to be leaving so many people who mean so much to us, but after we turned south at Grindstone City, I began to feel like we were moving toward something, and not leaving something.




After a night in Sanilac, it was on to Port Huron. We stayed two nights, which allowed us to spend some extended time with my step-mom. We also had a chance to see the Great Float Down. 6000 partiers get into tubes (or anything that floats) and jump into the river and drift from Port Huron to Marysville.








The Coast Guard shuts down the river for this "unsanctioned event" for 9 hours. We viewed the floating party from a dock in the river and enjoyed the scene.




After another goodbye, it was on to Detroit. Tomorrow we hope to make it to Put-in-Bay for a few days, before going to Cedar Point to meet Hayley and Dan2

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Location:Detroit, MI August 20, 2012