Mackinaw City

Still windy today, although it has settled down this evening. Attended church this morning with Nancy and Eddie from Dream Fever. We went to the Church of the Straits, which is a Presbyterian (USA) and United Methodist Federated church. The church was full; in the summer they have two services, at 9 and 11 am. In the winter, they only have one, at 1030 am. Apparently the town population swells with tourists in the summer, but in winter, only about 800 people live here. We got back just in time to see a little sailboat which had gone up on the rocks in the harbour here, apparently he just could not make the turn in the wind. Another sailboat went out and towed him in, didn't seem to be any damage.
Went out for pasties for lunch, apparently a local delicacy. It is meat, we had a choice of beef, chicken, or vegetables and cheese, cooked inside a pastry. We had the beef served with gravy on top, the filling was beef and potatoes. It was good, but we didn't see a need to buy more to put in the freezer. We heard a story today about one of the ferries here, apparently lost his steering night before last in the wind between Mackinac Island and here; floated out there for hours before they were able to get another boat out to get the passengers, then tow the ferry in. With the wind and the waves that night, it would not have been fun. The town is filling with people. There is a huge annual walk on Labour day to commemorate the building of the Mackinaw Bridge. Apparently up to 50,000 people come to participate in the walk. People are bussed across to St. Ignace, then walk the 5 miles back across the bridge to Mackinaw city. We hope to leave in the morning if the weather is good. We will have to call the coast guard to escort us under the bridge; security for the walk is very tight.
Will post pictures when we have a better internet connection. We can access the internet here, but it just times out when I try to load pictures.