The First Few Days in Charlevoix

 Arrived in Charlevoix on June 1st, after four and a half days on I-75 from Lakewood Ranch thru Atlanta.  North to Cincinnati where I stayed with friends Joann and Chuck Mead in their lovely house.  Then onto Grayling, Michigan, which is only 90 minutes south of Charlevoix -- but I know better than to arrive at the boat after a long day.

So the next morning, up with the dawn -- except there wasn't any sun as it had decided to start raining and to get significantly colder -- mid-40's for the high.  Moved minimal stuff including Sophie, food and some miscellaneous things on board.  And hunkered down.  Saturday was the same, only add swarms of midges to the delight of the day.  But, by Sunday afternoon it had started to clear and get a little warmer.  Sunday night there was a full moon over Lake Charlevoix, and Sonador looks almost settled in.

It's Wednesday, and I've officially stored away all the stuff that seemed so essential to bring with us, have done some minor provisioning, visited on the dock with other boaters, and spent just a few pennies downtown.  Today it's supposed to reach the mid-70's! 

Plans right now are to stay here until the week of the 18th of June.  I'm flying to Kansas for a family reunion on the 16th, and after I'm back will search for the elusive weather window to make the trip around the Straits of Mackinac down the western shore of Lake Huron to Cheboygan.  Then stay there for a few days, and then coordinate with fellow Great Lakes Cruising Club members for the journey across Lake Huron and into the North Channel -- there is safety, or at least the sense of it, in numbers!

It is great to be back -- have already consumed two good books on my new Nook, and starting a third, but this in paperback.