Heat wave and beyond

Here is a catch-up post--> As I write this it is July 6, a Friday and we expect the heat to break by tomorrow night. Have I mentioned the heat? For anyone in this part of US or in Southern Ontario, you will know the temperature has topped 95 most days since Jun 27.  However our salvation has been the boat’s air conditioning! It makes the boat quite comfortable. When we first got Cross we briefly thought of taking out the A/C; we would have freed up quite a bit of space and reduced weight to make Mike happy racing.  However, it also includes heating, which we know is sometimes handy (for heat or just drying the air a bit). Without the A/C this trip, I think I would still be holed up in some cool Chicago hotel.

 

Saturday at White Lake Yacht Club - lovely old club house, friendly people-music on the patio. Notice how high the docks are - water is low. The docks are like this everywhere, with sturdy posts.

Sunday, July 8: White Lake to Ludington

  We sailed passed extensive and large dune systems At this one we could see all-terrain vehicles and a track marked out...taken through telescope setting on camera.

  Monday, July 9. Since the sun went down it is actually approaching cool. The last two days have been great sailing and today spent the day at Ludington State Park, cycling there and out to an old lighthouse (1867). Sun, bright blue skies, puffy little clouds, good breeze, perfect. it seems the entire length of the eastern shore of Lake Michigan is beaches and sand dunes. This park is all dunes, local history of logging and shipwrecks.

Mike on a bike - 20 miles is a long way for us, and it was uphill and upwind on the way there.

The sign said "Shipwreck 1859". There's Mike but the ship is long gone!