Harbor Springs

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The waves coming in, with the Petoskey marina in the background. They are doing repairs on the breakwater over there.

Quiet this morning when we got up, then the wind started to blow. The gale force winds came in just a little later than the forecast predicted. Rented a van with Louis and Louise from General Delivery and Russ and Cindy from Ladybug, went over to Petoskey for sightseeing and shopping. Visited the marina, met Rhonda and Joey from Rho-Jo and Richard and Jill from Finally, very nice to see them again. We had heard yesterday that boats were damaged in the winds at the marina in Petoskey, unfortunately Rho-Jo was the boat that had a cleat pulled out of it, plus they broke 2 ropes.  Finally pulled cleats out of the dock, and broke ropes. Richard says they cleaned West Marine out of ropes. And Jill from Finally has a broken bone in her foot or ankle and is on crutches.
Went to West Marine, then on to WalMart, so good shopping. Managed to find several things we needed in both stores. As we left Petoskey, we looked out over the water in the bay, people were surfing in the waves. The waves were splashing way up over the breakwater in the marina. We are glad that we came to Harbour Springs, the marina is better protected from the winds that we are experiencing. The comment that we have heard from several people who live here is that this wind and cold is more like their October or November weather. Hopefully the September weather will come back soon.