Friday and Saturday, July 1 and 2, 2011

Friday, Harbor Beach Marina to Harrisville Harbor Marina, MI:  It was another calm and smooth ride on Lake Huron today.  It was sunny with a breeze; can't ask for any thing better.  I was a little nervous about crossing Saginaw Bay because I heard it could get rough but it was mild with 1 foot or less for waves.  We were in wide open water today and we could not see land in any direction.  Almost like being back on the gulf.  A short time after the sun came up we started noticing quite a few flies in the boat and we didn't have any yesterday.  Before we knew it there were hundreds of them and to top it off they were bite flies; I must have been bitten 50 times or more; they hurt!  We had 2 fly swatters going and couldn't keep up.  When we finally got to our marina and after getting settled in I went to the store and Keith stayed back at the boat and sucked them all up in the vacuum.  Unbelievable!


N44 39.538
W83 17.183

Saturday, Second day at Harrisville Harbor Marina, MI:  The weather was too bad for us to go today, so here we are again, waiting.  There were huge thunder storms and we could see them out on Lake Huron.  There was a lot of thunder and lightning but we did not get any rain on shore.  It's hard to sit and wait it out, but it is the best thing to do.  The Town of Harrisville is celebrating the 4th this weekend.  There was a parade this morning and plenty of Arts and Crafts and tonight there will be fireworks. 

CO's comments:  One sail boat left port at about 09:00.  I began to think, maybe we could have gone.  A half an hour later he was back in port.  The wind calmed down about noon and it looked good.  Then about 14:30 the wind picked up again and there was a squall across the lake that lasted for 2 hours.

Entrance to Harrisville Harbor on 7-1-2011

The Marina is owned by the City and the City Park is next
to the Marina where all the festivities took place

Harrisville Harbor Marina

7-2-2011;  We had our choice of low or high docks; we chose the high dock so we didn't need our ladder