St. Josephs
On Tuesday September 13th we cruised 24 miles to Benton Harbor where the town of St Josephs was located. Because of the recent rough lake conditions the only marina was full. Fortunately there was a city wall we could tie up to. There was still a good bit of swell coming into the inlet so the wall would not be a good stay over night but would work for the day as we explored the town.
There was the usual shops and restaurants with one major exception. A boating candy store called Wolfs Marine. This place has been owned by three generations. They literally have everything a boater could possibly want or need. Some new and some used. We managed to find a seat for the dinghy. After dinner we took Anna out for ice cream and watched the sunset. Because of the weather delay we were coming up against a logistical problem of getting Anna back to Chicago to catch her flight back home. We knew we would not make Chicago by Wednesday.
New Buffalo
The cruise Wednesday morning was 28 miles with bright sunny warm skies. We arrived to port a bit after noon. We put our heads together and found out that Amtrak had a stop right next to the marina that would take Anna to Union station and then on to O’Hara to catch her flight back home. It was hard to let her go but it was great to spend so much quality time with her. We kissed her goodbye and off she went. The rest of the day was spent with boat chores and mundane things like getting groceries. In the middle of washing the boat one of my Looper buddies showed up and said, “Hey get your bike, we are going to church.”
Now consider it was Wednesday at 3:00 in the afternoon. Sue was already suspicious but off I went. We pulled up to this old simple church that had been converted to a brewery called none other than Church Brewery. Well we had to go in and commune. After all it was a church.
Departure day for Anna
Either we made a wrong turn somewhere or it really is that pretty in Lake Michigan.
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