Saugatuck
We were so excited to leave for Saugatuck on Saturday because Anna, our daughter was coming to join us on the boat. Not to mention it just so happened that our nephew Brad would be coming to the same town for a batchelor party and would be able to pick Anna up at the airport and bring her to us. Well our excitement was soon dashed even before we left the wall.
Anna phoned to tell us she had missed her flight due to what amounted to short staffing at the airport. So we had to find another way to get her to us. Well fortunately my sister Patty stepped up grabbed her at the airport and brought her to us. Auntie to the rescue! The cruise to Saugatuck was 28 miles and finished with a beautiful 3 mile cruise up the river to the marina where we would be staying. Brad and his crew were waiting for us.
After begging to borrow some extra life jackets the whole crew boarded the boat for a short cruise and swim. We didn’t realize that many of these young adults from Chicago had never been on a larger boat let alone on the lake. Needless to say they were all pretty stoked. We cruised them out of the inlet and then anchored in the Caribbean clear water of Lake Michigan. They had a blast jumping off of the boat into the water.
It was so great being able to share that with them. They must have thanked us a hundred times. Once at port Sue and I headed out and had a great meal at a local Italian restaurant. The town was really nice and became one of our favorites. Sometime after midnight Anna and my sister arrived. They tiptoed in and hit the rack. It was the long time since we had seen her. It felt so good to hug her again. The next morning it was a bit overcast and storms threatened from the west. We had a pretty short window to get to our next port in South Haven 30 miles to the south before the storms arrived. So we made a hasty departure . My sister decided to meet us at the next port so we could spend time together.
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