St. Josephs/Benton Harbor, Michigan

Small craft advisory and high winds and waves on Lake Michigan today, so we were very glad to stay tied up securely in this marina. Teh people here are great, the harbour master drove us to the grocery store, then came and picked us up when we were finished. We laughed, Nancy and I met in one aisle and commented to each other about what a nice grocery store this was; a lady stocking the shelves wondered where we had come from that we were so impressed by the store. Once we said we were travelling by boat, we had quite a conversation with her, because she boats on Lake Michigan all the time. Got together this evening for a community dinner with folks from the other 3 looper boats here. NaMata plans to head  to Chicago in the morning; the rest of us will head down to Michigan City, Indiana. That will make our crossing to Chicago shorter, but given the forecast, probably won't happen for a few days.