Sailing with Bob & Vickie

We spend three days in Grand Haven, MI and we await a weather opening to bring Serendipity to St. Joseph, MI, where this adventure began. We love Grand Haven and are entertained each evening with a phenomenal water light show.

Aug 23 - Leave Pentwater at 7:05 AM and according to weather reports it shouldn't be a bad traveling today. It is not good - the waves are not especially large but they are coming at such intervals and produce waves that roll the boat - I believe the correct definition is swells. At 1:57 PM, we are glad to be in slip 13 at Grand Haven Municipal Marina. We anticipate bad weather for the next couple days and we are hoping the marina has some no shows because the marina is expecting to be full for a few days and can't promise a spot for us beyond today.

Aug 24 - Water, wind, and waves are as predicted - good to be in a secure marina. We move to slip 16. The marina is not full, many boaters must have changed their plans and decided to stay put rather than fight the wind and waves. The lighthouse is cut off from the pier by waves slapping over the pier.

Aug 25 - We are definitely being rocked to sleep. Sometime during the night a 3/4 inch dock line breaks but Bob replaces with new line. We are planning a long day tomorrow and hope the wind and waves provides a safe passage. We are coming to the end of this awesome adventure.

Picture - Vickie finds time to spend at the fountain where she meets some awesome kids and perhaps provides a little sugar. How did my grandkids grow up so fast?