Leaving is Grand (9-11) thru (9-16)


 This has been the longest stay at a  Marina since we started our journey across the waters of Lake Michigan . Grand Haven is a beautiful place with its museums and metal sculptures. The weather has us here this time with thunderstorms and  a lake that is too mad to travel on. We are making the best of our situation by seeing all that we could .

The light shows by water are interesting to say the least. They have been doing these for a long time. The lights are very insyc with the music, mainly about movie themes. 

Our days have been filled with trips to the Home Depot (for bug sappers), farmers market, and the best was going to a local tavern to watch my 49ers beat the Lions.   On Monday I got to watch the Raider-Raven game. We were surprised to get a channel to see them play. 


A visit to the Tri-Cities museum was the greatest ....one that I have seen so far. They are really proud of their accomplishments through the years in making this a beautiful place to live.
                                                                 
John went to the Coast Guard memorial here, while I walked down the break wall to see the

Lighthouse. They had closed access to it because of weather conditions. Here there were over 50 deaths caused by the waves washing up to knock people off guard. We then went to Snub Harbor restaurant for some much needed supper.
                                                                                                                    Whitefish Pate-  Tuna on steroids                                                                      While there we noticed a man seated near us who was a veteran of the Vietnam war. The waitress was kind to give us his tab to take care of,  on the promise she wouldn't let him know  that we did this kind gesture for his contribution to our country. Giving forward is so rewarding.

Finally weather cleared so we traveled up to Lake Wacatawa (Holland MI) where we dropped off our damaged prop. They will have it for a few weeks and then contact us so we can let them know where to ship it to.


Anchored in this lake was peaceful with the swans here. They are such  elegant creatures .

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