September 7, 2013 Tawas, a New stop for us! 1,897 miles

another tall ship returning from PIB

Saturday morning, Sept 7, we left Harrisville, headed for a new stop to us; Tawas.  Tawas is on the northwest end of Saginaw bay. There is East Tawas & Tawas City. This marina has been recommended to us by 2 different sources, so we're looking forward to checking the area out. 

This area is nice. It is a bustling small town that has used its proximity to the lake well. While we were approaching, there was a sailboat race in process in the harbor & a triathlon finishing up on shore. The Marina docks are in need of a good cleaning (not geese or seagulls this time, but ducks). They have a run of high fixed docks & a run of floaters.  They do have more seasonal boats than some of the marinas we've been in. The facilities building is literally 0.4 miles away. The building is on shore, next to the public beach, so part of the building is public restroom & then the boaters coded shower & restrooms. These were nice just a long walk but good exercise.  

We walked uptown, just past the bathrooms & there were still runners crossing the finish line.  They have a Norman's store on the corner. They have gift shops, shoe store, bakery, ice cream shoppe, CHOCOLATE shop, restaurants/bars, clothes store & more. The guys abandoned us after while, so then Jacque & I enjoyed our leisurely shopping excursion. 

Sunday afternoon, we rode our bikes to the State Park & lighthouse out on Sandy hook.   Another nice campground (Kathy & Dan) & sand dunes with a big beach. There were kite surfers out & catamaran races happening. A good place to kayak too, but too cold & windy today for that. We dined out @ Jack's & enjoyed great bar food.