The Best Day

 Lighthouse at Point Sable

This morning we read the weather forecasts and felt confused.  We could not get a clear vision of the weather on Lake Michigan.  One forecast looked fine, and the other predicted 3 - 6 foot waves.  Around 9:00 am we decided that we were staying in Frankfort for another day.  In a sort of depressed mood, I decided to make pancakes for breakfast.  

I got the butter out of the freezer and prepared to shave off some slivers.  The phone rang.  It was Sue from Tranquility.  She said, "This is the best day on the lake. The water is flat.  You have to come." They had just exited from Manistee about thirty miles south of us.  Sue is my lake soul mate.  She hates the bumpy water as I do, and she even gets actually ill.  I just get stressed out.

So then I called Patriot, which had left our dock at 7:00 am.  Chuck reported that the waves were two feet or less, from the east.  He said they were staying close to the beach. 

George returned from the restroom to find me ready to move.  I put away the butter.  No pancakes today.  Sue had called at 9:22 am.  We were underway at 9:45.  We moved!  

The water was lovely with only 1 foot of wave.  After we passed Manistee at mile 30, we got some two foot swells.  But that was the extent of our wave action.  We had an uneventful and quiet trip for 53 miles to Ludington.  We were so excited to be moving. 

We arrived at Ludington and joined Tranquility (Sue and Dan) and Spirit and Nearly Perfect on the wall.  Palmetto Paradise came out from Frankfort with us, but passed us along the way.  They are here too.  We felt like celebrating. After docktails we went for a great dinner with Dan and Sue.  

Tomorrow is supposed to be another beautiful day, and we hope to travel to Muskegon.  We have friends from Atlanta, Ruth and Steve Berberich, who will meet us there in their RV.  I hope they can have docktails with this group.  It is an experience to meet loopers.  

Night falls at Ludington Marina.