Leland to Manistee? - No Ludington

Everyone was up early and by 6:45 am had all the lines untied and it was an orderly exodus from Leland. 6 boats in all left with us. All were anxious to get some miles behind them. The original destination was for Manistee. It was such a great day that we decided to push on to Ludington; about an 82 mile excursion. The temperature is cool. Bright sunny skies, winds around 10 knots and most importantly wave heights about 1 foot. We're smoking. We should arrive Ludington between 6 and 7:00 pm tonight.

Mid day I counted 21 boats in our local vicinity. Boats were moving everywhere.

Our "trawler trash" friends are out of sight now; and have been for awhile. They call back to us from time to time to check and see how we are doing. They have already made reservations for us at the Ludington Municpal Marina for the night. Saturday looks like it could be a rain day with possible tstorms.

I hope Ludington has a nail place. It has been almost a month and I have been roughing it. Time to get some overdue maintenance. Peter would call this high maintenance.... oh contrar it is a necessity....at least from my perspective. I wonder what column this goes under in the budget?