Saturday August 11, 2012
This morning Bob and I embarked on a great adventure. Our ultimate goal is to make it to Lake
Superior but several events have delayed our departure. Initially we were just going to be a day
later leaving because of Bob’s aunt’s funeral and then the weather made it
impossible. We finally left this morning
at about 9:34 along with another sailor from Lake St. Clair. He was in a slightly smaller boat and he was
single handing. The morning started out
lovely; I played music from the Caribbean and then settled into the German
music which immediately brought my thoughts to my parents especially my
father. The song “So schon war die Zeit”
especially made me think of him and how he always seemed to fall into some luck
or maybe it was just a plan and hard work but even a plan needs luck. I wanted
to dance so bad but there is just so much room on the boat, my dance floor is
limited. The weather seemed perfect as
we passed the windmills near Forrestville.
At 11:30 we were faced with thunderstorms and heavy rain. This was also about the time we had lunch and
decided it was better to eat below than to be assaulted by the rain. I then became queasy and spent the next three
hours below lying down. The rain did let
up for a while but the winds continued to push us back impeding our
progress. Bob made a very captainly
decision and we stopped at Harbour Beach.
Unfortunately the marina is too shallow so we were only able to tie up
to a wall on the outer wall of the harbor.
I managed to lose a fender in the process of getting ready to tie up
giving Bob the opportunity to use his new davit system. Before he could do that however he helped
another sailor with the same idea to tie up in front of us. The dinghy was very easily lowered and
retrieval of the fender was a success.
Now I sit here not an hour later and we have been hit with torrential
rains…again.
Today was an unusual day in that it started out quite rolly
on the lake and I decided to take some Dramamine for the first time. I did not get sick but was very drowsy for
half the trip. Once we passed Saginaw
Bay it became calm for the last four hours of our trip to Harrisville. I had hoped to be well beyond this point by
today but the weather gods have determined our course and destinations. We left Harbour Beach at 7AM and arrived here
at Harrisville at 5PM. It was slow going
across Saginaw Bay but sped up considerably once getting near shore past the
bay. Since I was able to cook dinner
before arriving at Harrisville, we now have the entire evening free to
enjoy. 
