Leland for Another Day

All of these marinas have terrific villages very close. Leland is no different. It was a fishing village and the small buildings along the entrance of the river have been maintained and converted into small shops. Cheese, meats, wines, gift shops, etc. And then you can walk out of the marina and up to the street. As soon as you are out of the parking lot there are more small shops. The grocery store is in the first block, with restaurants across the street. The Post Office is only about 2 blocks away. Everything is so convenient.

And now that we are in the US; you can buy beer, wine, and liquors at the grocery store. We had to break down and finally buy a bottle of wine; the inventory was getting low. Not exhausted, but low.

The winds are coming down quite nicely. Peter wanted me to be sure to say that "the winds have calmed down so that only small animals are flying around now."

At noon the winds were down to about 10 to 15 knots which is good, but the wave heights reported by a sailboater who had gone out earlier in the day said they experienced 4 to 6 footers. Our next stretch is about 44 miles or 6 to 8 hours of travel. Tomorrow looks like a really good day for travelling. Frankfort here we come, and if things are looking good who knows we could get to Manistee.

Just made a big pot of soup and Linda is going to make salad and biscuits. She even asked for us to bring over one of our games. Sequence for tonight.

When Pete went to pay for our slip for tonight; they said it was no charge. What a surprise.

As much as we like Leland - and they have treated us so good - it is time to move along.

Last night they took down the gale force winds flag; the small craft warning flag just came down now. If the forecasts hold we can be on our way tomorrow.

There have been so many boats weathered in here and we all have been getting together between 4 to 6 for cocktails at a social room in the marina building. One boat has been here for 11 days.

Till tomorrow.