Exploring Fishtown at Leland

We are in Leland, Michigan, which has preserved its Fishtown.  Every village on the lake used to have a fish town, the part of the town down by the water where fish were off loaded, sold, and smoked. Lots of these have been lost.  They were torn down to make room for condos and shops.
Not in Leland.  Here they saved the buildings along the Leland River inside the breakwater.  Some of the buildings are repurposed as food shacks; some are homes; some are ice cream or The Dam Candy Store; but some still sell smoked fresh fish.  Today George and I took a walk around Fishtown. This was just our first pass; we will explore more in the days to come. This was George's first walk for pleasure in two weeks.

Here is a view from the top of the hill. The river runs through Fishtown. 

A shoe store in Fishtown uses Topsiders as planters.  

I will do this at home.

We said a sad good-bye to Dan and Sue this morning when they took off for Frankfort at 8:00 am.
They are good friends, and we will miss them.  They cooked a feast for us last night:  pork loin, potatoes, corn on the cob, peas, bread, and apple sauce.  It was a treat.  Today they decided to move on.  The wave heights and wind speeds were just beyond our comfort level, so we stayed here. I hope
we can catch up to them again soon.

There are two other looper boats here, but we have not met them yet.  Something else to put on the To Do List.  We will be staying at least until Wednesday unless the forecast changes.  So we have time to shop in Leland and meet new boating friends.

We are tucked inside the breakwater here at Leland Harbor. 

There are whitecaps in the lake, and the wind is picking up.

We expect high winds for several days.

We have lots of lines on Aunt Aggie and are snug here.