Beaver Island, July 17/18, 2021
We arrived in Beaver Island around 1:00. Absolutely perfect weather, 70’s, sunny, no
wind. This is our second time anchoring
out. There were only a couple of
sailboats and one other boat of our size in the harbor when we let out our
anchor. By 4:00, several other boats had
arrived. The harbor wasn’t crowded, and
we were glad of that! Dan had a nap,
Gena read and had a conversation with Laura.
Around 5:00, we dropped the dinghy in the water and cruised around the
harbor. There was a dinghy dock by the
one marina, so we left it there, and walked over to have diner.
Beside the south marina, there was a huge sculpture. It was a globe, about 8 feet in
diameter. Made of iron, all rusted, the
surface was composed of hundreds (thousands?) or hands, each with a cutout of
encouraging, positive words. Quite
impressive! We were told that a guy, last
name of Alton, had brought the sculpture here from “Burning Man” in
Nevada. Alton was one of the main
players in the design of the ‘town’ and the utilities serving it. The town was created in the desert from
absolutely nothing! The globe has a
winch that allows it to be raised a few inches, and on weekends they build a
fire inside. I would love to have seen
that!
After dinner, we ‘dinked’ around a bit more, looked for a
place to leave it by the other marina, where there is a small market – no
deal. All docks were private or only for
registered boats. We didn’t want to
beach it, with our new motor! So, we went back to our boat for a lovely quiet
evening. In the morning, the water was
as still as could be. We were in 20 feet
of water, and we could look right down to the bottom. Beautiful!
We had to get on with our travels, but it would have been nice to spend
some time ‘dinking’ around or swimming off the beaches or our swim
platform. Next time!
Today, Saturday, we are cruising to Manistique on the UP
mainland. Once again, we’ve only
allotted one night there. But, we’ll see
what we are able in the time we have.
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