Saturday in Northport, Sunday on the Move

 Woke Saturday morning to witness a remarkable sunrise. The air was still, hardly a ripple on the water. Weather report was for variable lite winds. We decided to pull up anchor and take a slip in the Northport Marina.

 

 The water was so clear we could see our anchor chain and our reflections.

The mosquitoes and other bugs were horrendous. We woke in the morning to find dozens of spider webs filled with hundreds of dead bugs .

This area had its own populations of ducks, some of which I could not identify.

We were going to stay another day, but there was no room so we left Northport and headed out Charlevoix.  The people that run this Marina are great. They helped us get in and out of the slip. I highly recommend you stop here if you get a chance.

As soon as we were back in Traverse Bay and had sails up I went below and made Eggs with bacon and had the Cinnamon twists from the Bakery.

We sailed 90% of the time today at 5kts + we pulled in the jib as we came close to the point and took down the sail to motor through the channel.

Had to wait for the draw bridge to go up, we were in front of three other sail boats. I don't like to wait for bridges to go down on land, but waiting for them to go up is a little more nerve wracking.

Just inside Lake Charlevoix there are two house on the left that are quite unique. The gardens on the second one are a show case for an avid gardener.

We motored around for a while and finally settled on this spot to drop anchor. There are no houses in front of us, though there are some a little further down.  Right now with all the boat traffic it is a little rock and rolly but there is a good breeze so looks like we will stick here for the night then head on north.