Sturgeon Bay to Manitowoc   

Clear cool morning through the Sturgeon Bay Canal

The plan was to get up at 6:30, prepare and make the 7:00 Michigan Street bridge opening, but we were both awake a half hour early and began our next trip at 6:30. It was a cool morning with no wind and the isinglass upper helm windshield was covered with moisture. I removed it temporarily since I knew it would fog over if I just wiped it. It takes us about an hour to negotiate the Sturgeon Bay Canal to Lake Michigan and one never really knows the lake sea state until seeing it. The lake was very calm and continued to be calm all day with just a little on shore breeze near Two Rivers.

Canal Entrance Coast Guard Station 

We arrived at Manitowoc with much less drama than three weeks ago, the deck hands remembered our landing and we remembered how helpful they were. That day they had four boats land in the middle of storms.

Time for a little cleaning and relaxation before Jenny and Eliot arrive for supper. Carol has been exchanging email with other Loopers and travelers on the lake and Mark and Becky on Mara Beel arrived shortly after us. We were invited for a glass of wine and enjoyed meeting them in person. Bob and Kathy from First Look joined us and we all told our boating stories. Bob spent three days on a submarine somewhere close to Chili and told us of his adventure. Submarines were built here in WWII.

We caused the only ripples on the Lake

Jenny and Eliot arrived and we enjoyed a fine dinner at The Courthouse Pub and then off to Beerntsen’s for chocolate.