Sunday...Monday ...June 9 &10...
Cloudy, rainy, cold....so reading books...baking cookies....eating....napping...and waiting for electrical people who don’t come until Tuesday.
Floyd had a few projects which actually created more projects...cause sometimes when you fix something you break something else...so we have a new smoke detector in the aft cabin (hopefully this one won’t go off in the middle of the night for no apparent reason) and now we need a new mirror in the aft bathroom. Hope that little blip doesn’t result in seven years of bad luck...
Another day of pleasant boredom... oh, and the rummikub tournament has begun...Floyd’s ahead...for now!
Monday, June 10, 2019
Sunday, June 9, 2019
Saturday...June 8
A most delightful day in Northport....the sun is finally shining and weather was the best we’ve seen in the two weeks we’ve been here. wedding scheduled for the gazebo in the park and we are waaaayyyyy over here on E dock. Far from the friends we’ve made on B dock....but really close to the grass and walkway area. Lots of fisherman (today is free fishing day) and tourists wandering around.
Some stop to chat...these Michigan’s are quite friendly....and chat...and chat...Floyd is getting so good at practicing those social skills. Cute young trio from the Ann Arbor area...in town for the wedding...came aboard for a quick tour this morning. Floyd and I so enjoy sharing life aboard the TUMBLEWEED....and it is hard to imagine living on a boat....until you see it. Ours is not the biggest or fanciest...but it is very homey...and we love the layout. It’s is almost always ship shape....We don’t mind showing folks....these folks were loads of fun...Jeremy, Jessica and Anthony...
Oh, and Floyd got to honk those new horns...I think everyone knew which of those horn honks was us....we now sound more like the BADGER or EMERALD ISLE... than a pleasure boat. Takes a warning and physical preparation....he can’t just honk em....or the first mate will probably be overboard....whew, they are loud!
A most delightful day in Northport....the sun is finally shining and weather was the best we’ve seen in the two weeks we’ve been here. wedding scheduled for the gazebo in the park and we are waaaayyyyy over here on E dock. Far from the friends we’ve made on B dock....but really close to the grass and walkway area. Lots of fisherman (today is free fishing day) and tourists wandering around.
Some stop to chat...these Michigan’s are quite friendly....and chat...and chat...Floyd is getting so good at practicing those social skills. Cute young trio from the Ann Arbor area...in town for the wedding...came aboard for a quick tour this morning. Floyd and I so enjoy sharing life aboard the TUMBLEWEED....and it is hard to imagine living on a boat....until you see it. Ours is not the biggest or fanciest...but it is very homey...and we love the layout. It’s is almost always ship shape....We don’t mind showing folks....these folks were loads of fun...Jeremy, Jessica and Anthony...
Oh, and Floyd got to honk those new horns...I think everyone knew which of those horn honks was us....we now sound more like the BADGER or EMERALD ISLE... than a pleasure boat. Takes a warning and physical preparation....he can’t just honk em....or the first mate will probably be overboard....whew, they are loud!
Friday, June 7, 2019
June 7...Friday..
So back to Northport we go....same scenery as yesterday ...only reversed...
Air conditioning guy was on board yesterday afternoon...and after dismantling the forward ac announced that there was nothing wrong with it and it was not the culprit leaking electrical current....but he wasn’t an electrician and we still had no power source. So a rather tense call to the outfit that started all this...and a promise from the head guy that he would bring a crew and do the search and fix himself on Tuesday...in Northport.
We would have loved staying in Charlevoix...chatting with BOREAS...but we were having to use the generator for power. Boo hiss! So we opted to return where we could plug in... Northport is a busy place today...no place for us among the masses...so we are hanging out on the temporary dock...far from the crowds...til Sunday. Some of these big guys are suppose to leave and we’ll scoot over among them...
Weather today was the best we’ve seen....finally shorts and t-shirts. They say enjoy it while you can...Monday the rain is coming...again! Really we don’t care...we’re on the TUMBLEWEED...and once we get this electrical issue resolved we can begin our real adventure! Til then it’s boat chores, walking the dog, reading books and napping! Oh, and eating....lots of great food! It’s a rough life!
So back to Northport we go....same scenery as yesterday ...only reversed...
Air conditioning guy was on board yesterday afternoon...and after dismantling the forward ac announced that there was nothing wrong with it and it was not the culprit leaking electrical current....but he wasn’t an electrician and we still had no power source. So a rather tense call to the outfit that started all this...and a promise from the head guy that he would bring a crew and do the search and fix himself on Tuesday...in Northport.
We would have loved staying in Charlevoix...chatting with BOREAS...but we were having to use the generator for power. Boo hiss! So we opted to return where we could plug in... Northport is a busy place today...no place for us among the masses...so we are hanging out on the temporary dock...far from the crowds...til Sunday. Some of these big guys are suppose to leave and we’ll scoot over among them...
Weather today was the best we’ve seen....finally shorts and t-shirts. They say enjoy it while you can...Monday the rain is coming...again! Really we don’t care...we’re on the TUMBLEWEED...and once we get this electrical issue resolved we can begin our real adventure! Til then it’s boat chores, walking the dog, reading books and napping! Oh, and eating....lots of great food! It’s a rough life!
Thursday, June 6, 2019
Left Northport after a quick pump out at 9:30ish...smooth water all the way to Charlevoix...it’s about 3 hours....and at a cool 55 degrees, it’s plenty nippy on the water...our friends, Linda and Ted Bemis are heading to Florida this weekend for a family wedding so we may miss them...or we may be still sitting here when they get back on Monday....who knows??
But people are on board to come look at this electronics issue and can start this afternoon...so we’re there....
Hit the bridge opening at 1230 and came around the corner to discover our friends, Fred and Julaine Eddy aboard BOREAS...We looped with them in 2011....and have tried to get with them several times on Lake Michigan through the years and never could make it happen....and now, poof, we’re in Charlevoix together...amazing this game of hopscotch we play with other boaters! Love it....love it love it....and we love Charlevoix!
But, of course, we can’t get electricity....it’s really quiet...and he can’t check much without electricity...so interesting...isn’t boating fun??
But people are on board to come look at this electronics issue and can start this afternoon...so we’re there....
Hit the bridge opening at 1230 and came around the corner to discover our friends, Fred and Julaine Eddy aboard BOREAS...We looped with them in 2011....and have tried to get with them several times on Lake Michigan through the years and never could make it happen....and now, poof, we’re in Charlevoix together...amazing this game of hopscotch we play with other boaters! Love it....love it love it....and we love Charlevoix!
But, of course, we can’t get electricity....it’s really quiet...and he can’t check much without electricity...so interesting...isn’t boating fun??
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Tuesday...june 4
Figured I’d better start dating these things before I get lost in the flurry!
We boated to Elk Rapids...new chart plotter worked (almost)....lol, something with the depth sounder won’t register after we got in past 100 feet. But really, that’s plenty deep enough.
The Bay was delightfully smooth...though just a bit cooler than we like. Captain Floyd bundled up but Dakota and I were fine ....it’s was a most pleasant couple of hours. Then during the last 5 minutes, the bugs arrived. Tiny, mosquito like insects swarmed everywhere and then some...covering us, the boat and any surface...everywhere everywhere...and then those that didn’t die onboard disappeared. It was truly weird.
But even weirder, is this new and improved electrical system that seems to be anti-TUMBLEWEED. This is our second encounter with this issue...we don’t like it...and I guess not boating last year we are behind the curve on getting our boat up to snuff. We were planning to visit a guy in Boyne City to get a fix on “boat voltage leakage” but when we heard he’d left the country, we thought we could probably get to Kentucky without a fix. Now we’re rethinking that. The folks that put in our new chart plotter seem to think they can get us fixed...so we’re heading back to Northport later today....and they’ll be onboard Thursday anyway...
So...heading out to play tourist for a bit...then a two hour run back...but we really like Northport!
Figured I’d better start dating these things before I get lost in the flurry!
We boated to Elk Rapids...new chart plotter worked (almost)....lol, something with the depth sounder won’t register after we got in past 100 feet. But really, that’s plenty deep enough.
The Bay was delightfully smooth...though just a bit cooler than we like. Captain Floyd bundled up but Dakota and I were fine ....it’s was a most pleasant couple of hours. Then during the last 5 minutes, the bugs arrived. Tiny, mosquito like insects swarmed everywhere and then some...covering us, the boat and any surface...everywhere everywhere...and then those that didn’t die onboard disappeared. It was truly weird.
But even weirder, is this new and improved electrical system that seems to be anti-TUMBLEWEED. This is our second encounter with this issue...we don’t like it...and I guess not boating last year we are behind the curve on getting our boat up to snuff. We were planning to visit a guy in Boyne City to get a fix on “boat voltage leakage” but when we heard he’d left the country, we thought we could probably get to Kentucky without a fix. Now we’re rethinking that. The folks that put in our new chart plotter seem to think they can get us fixed...so we’re heading back to Northport later today....and they’ll be onboard Thursday anyway...
So...heading out to play tourist for a bit...then a two hour run back...but we really like Northport!
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