Moved on today from Mackinaw City. Left at 6 am this morning, it was still dark but the Mackinaw Bridge was filled with cars crossing plus security vehicles. The coast guard auxiliary escorted us under the bridge. The bridge was to close to vehicle traffic at 7 am. Then people would walk on the one side of the bridge, busses would use the other side to transport people over to start the walk.
General Delivery, Ladybug and ourselves travelled together; wind was calm and so was the water at first. As we got closer to Little Traverse Bay where Harbor Springs is located, the waves became larger and rolling, but it was still a good journey. Rained a bit as we travelled. Arrived just after noon. Predictions are for rising winds tonight, up to gale force tomorrow and tomorrow night, so we were glad to get safely tied to a dock. There are two other looper boats here, Fortuity and Mint Julep. Kathy in Fortuity told us about damage to boats in Petoski last weekend with the high winds (Petoski is just across the bay from here, and we had discussed which would be the better place to come to). She heard that the wind snapped ropes, pulled cleats out of boats and docks.
Went for a walk around town this afternoon, it will be an early night after our early start. We plan to be here for a couple of days anyway, until the winds calm down again.
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