Wednesday August 22, 2012

Today was an extraordinary day in terms of scenery.  The wind was dead on the nose again so we motored all day.  The first half of the day was a little rough and we had about 1- 2 footers with and occasional 3 footer.   The first thing we passed was the grand sable dunes, which we had seen yesterday from shore.  At 10:30 we passed the Au Sable lighthouse which is 150 feet high..  We turned at  the point and soon were following the 12 mile beach for 12 miles obviously.  Approaching the grand portal point the waves relented a little bit and we decided to have lunch at spray falls near the point.  We had the leftovers from last night’s dinner It was very lovely to view the scenery and falls while having our lunch.  Soon we came upon a lovely beach and rock formation which warrant a closer look.  We would like to go back and anchor off the beach and do some kayaking and swimming near the beach.  The river also runs down to the lake at this beach.  Tomorrow we hope to get back there and do some exploring.  The rock formations from here on are amazing and we took many pictures.  Near Mosquito Beach we saw a gaggle of kayakers who were exploring the very same cliffs and formations we want to explore.  Our next sight to find was Bridal Veil Falls but it was nonexistent because of the lack of water recently.  Then of course we saw Miner’s beach and Miners Castle.  Docking at Munising was smooth but alarms went off on our motor and it turns out that our battery is dry.  Bob will put some water in and hopefully that will take care of the problem.