Big Bay, Go Or No Go, June 26, 2013 Day 25 of our Adventure,

We left Marquette on Weds morning @ 7:30 AM, I sure don't get to sleep in very often. Air temp 70 degrees already. Sunny & calm. Lake Superior is again like glass-Beautiful!  This area is gorgeous, no wonder Ridge moved back up here & Wayne comes to his Camp every chance he gets. I just wouldn't want to be here in the long winter months.  

Big Bay Point Lighthouse & Huron Mountains

Big Bay Point Light, est 1896 is currently a B&B. Psychics have identified 5 distinct ghosts inhabiting the lighthouse. 

Big Bay harbor is questionable in depth, the Ranger that takes care of the place said we shouldn't try it. Others told us we could get in. So we threw anchor outside of the harbor, put the dinghy down and Doug & Garry went in & sounded it themselves. They decided it was a go. A bit tricky @ the entrance & not much room @ the wall. We had to cozy up to each other. There is about 7 feet of depth. Our depth finder read 2 feet @ the shallowest on entry and now Garry's depth finder is showing 1.6 feet under his boat @ the wall.  We need almost 5 feet of water.  

The unmanned office, very rustic

We arrived around 11:30. Only a 28 mile trip, with a cum of 607. The Mosquitos were there to greet us. It's all woods @ the dock, so that makes sense. No one was around. We docked without assistance & my Captain did great. We then helped Waterford in. 

Lumberjack Tavern

Thunder Bay Inn

After lunch, we walked into "town" not really town, no post office, no hardware store. There are some famous places though! In 1952, a murder took place in a bar called the Lumberjack.  That still stands & is open. The defense attorney for the accused wrote a book about the murder & trial.  In 1959, Otto Preminger made a movie from the book, called An Anatomy of a Murder & they filmed the murder scenes in Big Bay & the trial scenes in Marquette. There is also a B&B named The Thunder Bay Inn, where some of the scenes were filmed, too.  So we visited both places & learned about the story. Jimmy Stewart, Lee Remick & Ben Gazarra starred in the movie. It received 7 academy award nominations. The author went on to become a Supreme Court justice. We would have bought the DVD or the book, if either of these places sold it, but they didn't-go figure. Thunder Bay Inn even had a gift shop & didn't carry it. Both places did have pics & newspaper clippings, etc to look at.  Jacque ordered the DVD of Anatomy of a Murder from Amazon to be delivered to us in Houghton, MI.

Find the duck

There were thimbleberry bushes along our walk, they are in blossom but no where near ripe. I love thimbleberries & hope they are ripe by the time we reach Isle Royale. We will get a pic @ some point.  We do not have cell service or wifi here.  

 

Sippy duck

tipsy duck

Dead Duck