Day 382-383
Miles Traveled: 0
Total Miles Traveled: 5831Friday when we awoke, the wind was blowing and waves were up. By late morning, the wind began to abate and the waves began to lessen, but, it was too late for us to make our planned destination before dark. Putting behind us the disappointment of not being able to travel, we went to dinner with Wayne and Donadee of "Always Home". The evening was enjoyable with good food and lots of laughs. Another beautiful sunset ended our day while still docked at Petoskey.
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| another nice sunset |
We got up early on Saturday morning hoping the predicted wind increase overnight was incorrect. The marine forecast that morning was not acceptable, and so, another day we stayed. It was a warm and sunny day. We set off to explore some of the area we hadn't walked to yet. There is a nice biking and walking trail along the bay's shoreline. Scattered along this trail; which runs from Harbor Springs, through Petoskey, and to Charlevoix; are grassy areas and parks. We found a park called Waterfall Park which actually had a small waterfall.
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| waterfall at Waterfall Park |
Right next to the marina is a gathering area where the town has small festivals. Located there is a large clock tower and beyond that is a long pier.
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| clock tower at Petoskey's waterfront area |
We walked out the pier and watched kids playing on the breakwall that protected the harbor. They would jump off of the edge into the water and use ladders along the structure to climb back onto the wall. We could hear the kids squealing from the excitement as they hit the water (or maybe it was from the shock of the cold water).
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| breakwall providing protection for marina with light at the end kids enjoyed jumping off of the edge and into the water |
After looking at the upcoming weather, it appeared that we would be staying for several more days. We hoped for a day when the wind would lay early enough the prior day to allow the waves to calm and not increase until late the next day giving us time to get to our next destination. "Seahorse" could handle many of these higher wave days, but, her crew would be in for a "rockin' horse" ride and not be happy. We have decided to patiently wait (difficult for Angie) for better travel conditions, hoping they will arrive sooner rather than later. Until then we plan to enjoy our surroundings.
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