Adventure Day 3, Tuesday June 4, 2013

Left St Claire dock @ 8:20 to make 8:30 bridge. Air temp 55 degrees, water 52, winds 8 knots out of the north. Sunny, clear & brisk. No waves, we are still in the river, very calm. Water is pretty blue as soon as we get back under the St Claire bridge.

Port Huron Lighthouse & Coast Guard Station

Going under the Blue Water bridge where St Claire river meets Lake Huron, there is an interesting phenomenon; an eddy, instead of slowing down in the current right before the bridge we entered a type of whirlpool & we acually sped up to 7.5 knots from 5 and then in 100 yards we were down to 3 knots, without touching the throttle. The bridge connects USA @ Port Huron, Michigan to Sarnia, Canada. There is a Canadian casino here, Cheryl. 

Once under the Blue Water bridge, we are now cruising in Lake Huron. The waves are 1-3 feet coming straight at us (on our nose) so that makes for a little bumpy ride. But the wind subsided as we traveled & the lake calmed nicely. Today we had time for naps, reading & games (I hate to say it, but the games are on my iPad). I played Deal or No Deal for the first time, it's just like the former TV game. 

We pulled into Port Sanalac Harbor around 3:00 PM. One things about being early in the season, we are getting our pick of the primo docks. We pulled straight in, no tricky turning or shallow water. Three young, friendly dock hands helped us in to the long wide dock. Easy peasy as Jacque would say. We  tied up securely & decided we needed some exercise.  Doug has been doing a lot of dancing in the pilot house so I guess that counts for some movement. Sure can tell he's not working, haha. 

Can you find the duck?

We've visited this harbor before, so we knew there was a one blinking traffic town within walking distance, so we headed out with our walking shoes on. Air temp was 65 degrees, warmer than on the water of course. Lilacs were in bloom everywhere, that makes them about a month behind us. Doug & Garry found a hardware store & believe it or not, they found something we needed.  We also stopped into the local IGA, a lot smaller than what we are used to. Just bought some fresh produce. Found the Port Sanalac Lighthouse, which is For Sale if anyone is interested. The lighthouse was built in 1886. It's not right right on the water.

We enjoyed our cocktails up on Day Dreams bridge, even though Doug had to don his muck lucks.  It was a bit chilly, but we had a great view of a beautiful calm Lake Huron. The guys grilled out & we dined inside on Waterford, while watching the Voice on Garry's TV, thanks to his Direct TV subscription   

Doug & I played travel Yahtzee & I won-yahoo.  We traveled 40 miles today which brings our total miles traveled to127 miles. 

Thanks for checking on us.