Monday, June 10, day 9; traveled 18 miles for a cum of 283 miles

blue dot is Presque Isle Marina

FYI:  I have heard comments regarding the difficulty of commenting on our blog.  I believe we have fixed this.  Jacque got on the help line & found out the default was set for registered users only, figures google wants more people registered, but tough, because now I have changed it to anyone can comment, without any signing in.  So please, if you feel compelled to comment, please try again, hopefully it will be easier.  Just don't push the preview button, that doesn't seem to work, just click on publish.  

Last night we dined @ the Portage Restaurant right there @ the Marina; we enjoyed some seafood; Jacque tried the fresh Whitefish caught there, but the rest of us did not take advantage of the fresh catch, but were not disappointed either; Garry & I had the salmon in a coat, I was curious about the coat, the salmon was wrapped in a flakey pastry and Doug ordered the frozen walleye caught in Lake Erie.  He must miss it!!

The "new" Presque Isle Light from the water

This morning, Garry had some business calls to make & we ordered a cool piece of equipment that both of us need desperately.  It is an internet antenna booster, so when these places have internet, but it doesn't reach out to the docks, which is what we've been running into, this will route it to us. It will be delivered hopefully to Cheboygan when we get there.  Back in Harrisville, when we met that couple who had cruised Lake Superior last summer, they had it and shared the code with us to use it and it worked great.  And even better, there is no fee with it, just the cost of the equipment.  

We left the dock our latest yet, but this also is our shortest route yet.  We left Presque Isle harbor @ 10:30 AM, the air temp 52, water 48 degrees, skies overcast & it was misting. The winds were 8 knots out of the east, waves less than 2 and diminished down to less than 1 foot, but it kept raining. 

It was such a short cruise, we didn't even have time for lunch.  We arrived @ Rogers City Harbor @ 1:30 PM.  Doug & I have been here before, years ago when we trailered our SeaRay up this far & then cruised to the western end of the North Channel.  

Don't strain to see all of this, but this is a screen shot of Doug's latest & greatest.  This is his MFD (multifunctional display) unit with Sirius weather overlayed on the Great Lakes chart.  The purple squares are weather stations, he can click on any of those & it reads out a current NOAA weather forecast.  The green blobs are rain, just like on the TV weather.  The white plus sign in the middle is where we are; Rogers City.  As you can tell, I figured out how to do screen shots on my iPad.  Thanks to Chuck!

The fog rolled in early evening

Again, we were assisted into the dock by the nicest of young dock hands, it gives us hope for the future, because all along the way, we have met great young adults. The day never improved, but we attempted to make the best of it.  After getting settled in @ Rogers City Yacht Harbor, one of the dock guys gave Jacque & I a ride to Rite Aid & to Glen's Grocery store.  We picked up a few things on our list while Vinny waited for us in the car. He than helped us unload the groceries to our boat, so sweet. The four of us, then walked in the rain up town to visit the Maritime Museum. We arrived there & it was closed, we walked around the corner to another museum we had been told about & guess what-it was closed. Guess tourist aren't supposed to be out touring on Mondays. We did find one fun place that boasted a sign about being open 7 days a week; the old downtown movie theater and Iron Man3 was playing.  What better way to spend a drizzly, foggy night in a strange town than to see a movie & get some popcorn.  It was a bargain @ $5.00/person.

Good night