Monday, June 11

Not everyone in Michigan is broke!  Bay Harbor summer home & "toys"

Rejected by the Bay Harbor Yacht Club

Lake Michigan Eastern Shore

It was a relaxed morning in Harbor Springs - we biked up to the local bakery for breakfast and stopped at By the Bay, a wonderful nautical themed shop on main street - I wanted to buy everything in the store - but settled for a ships model & a fish sculpture.
By 11:00 am we were headed for Bay Harbor on the far side of Little Traverse Bay.  If Harbor Springs is the upscale "Old Money" community of the Bay, then Bay Harbor is its counter point.  It is a unique upscale "New Money" community created from a limestone quarry in the 1990s.  The development includes shops, restaurants, a marina, yacht club, golf club,  equestrian activities .......... and a whole lot of really big houses.  We were amused that the Bay Harbor Yacht Club did not want to give reciprocity to the Clear Lake Yacht Club, but recognized the Naples, Palm Beach & Sarasota Yacht Clubs in FL.   Imagine that!
The Petoskey Municipal Marina was happy to give us a slip and we set out on our bicycles to explore the town.  A highlight was the dedicated bike path that runs along Lake Michigan with sweeping views of the coastline.  The weather was unsettled by late afternoon with scattered showers and increased winds - a good time for us to catch up on boat chores.

Petoskey to Bay Harbor bike path

*A special note to Jill (a friend of the Curries that we met while visiting Hilton Head) - sorry we missed you at the Harbor Springs Marina this morning............... it would have been great fun to see you again!