Tuesday, June 12

Petoskey Municipal Marina

White caps - Little Traverse Bay

Bad River Recreational Pathway

The wind was howling this morning - a steady twenty plus - it was immediately clear that we would be spending an extra day in Petoskey  There were two very good surprises ahead for us - the first was a visit from Jill & Jack (her yellow lab).  They arrived at the boat around 9:30 am and offered to take us on a walk to see her condo & neighborhood  Bear River Parkland.  It was great to see a familiar face and she shared a wealth of insider knowledge about this area.
Petoskey is a community that has invested greatly in both green space and fitness paths and this was never more evident than along the Bear River Recreational Pathway.  While wandering along this serene and beautiful riverside path, you would never know that you were in the middle of town........  what a nice way to start our day!
In  the afternoon we ventured out on the Little Traverse Bay Bike Trail - it revealed just how cold and blustery conditions had become - and this was along the shoreline of the protected bay - no wonder the small craft warnings on Lake Michigan continued throughout the entire day.
The second surprise was being able to resolve our Garmin navigation instruments issue........... we now have the system up and running.  It turned out to be a software problem that Charlie was able to fix by reinstalling a new version of the operating system.  (Just goes to prove what a royal pain computer/ Garmin chartplotter upgrades can be - Kathy's computer shut down in FL days before our departure wiping out all of her Quick Book files because of an upgrade malfunction.)

Our surprise visitors - Jill & her lab, Jack

By late afternoon the skies had cleared and the wind was beginning to calm down, looks like we will be able to leave in the morning for our final destination on Lake Michigan's Eastern Shore - Charlevoix, Michigan.