Yes, we spent a delightful couple of days playing tourist with access to a rental car from Harbor Springs...and then the rain came and the winds blew. Monday was miserable...Tuesday I played catch up...and late that evening two large “schooling” sailboats arrived. Seems the Harbor was hosting some sort of kid friendly event on Wednesday and expecting to entertain hundreds of children! We made plans to escape. Wednesday AM the skies cleared ..waves dipped just enough that we scooted back to Charlevoix.  Cold,  rocky rolly couple of hours....They greeted us warmly because, after all, this was our third visit in as many weeks.

We were anxious to try the tricks we’d had suggested about successfully plugging into electrical...but alas, that didn’t work either! Oh darn! And worse words! But again this is not a deal breaker...our AC panel works just fine...and we needed it! It is just weird to boat in winter jackets...and as we enter the channel and dock we start removing clothing....and change into summer gear soon thereafter!  Major trip to the local grocery store and a long social time with loopers. Was fun to reconnect with a single gal,Melissa. we meet in Gore Bay 2016 and her Airedale Sophie...she’s having similar electrical issues.  And the boat next to us listed Alaska as it’s home port.

We were right next to the sidewalk...lots of comments and conversations....farmers market on Thursday morning and a delightful free concert that evening. All well attended....but the most interesting was a conversation that started with a man who curious about where in Wichita we lived...as he once lived there...and taught at South High ‘78 ish...yep, we were there at the same time but he was new, and I was busy with pom and cheer squads...even more bizarre, his cousin is Winston  Brooks. Small world! Needless to say, that conversation was long!

We were sad we didn’t get to see our friends, Linda and Ted Bemis....but knew in advance that this was their busiest week of the summer...26 for dinner on Thursday night...it’s a tiny little cottage in Charlevoix!! We plan catch up this December when Floyd and I are in KC....they love joining us at J Gilbert’s!

We love Charlevoix!