Pictures From the Trip October 3, 2001 Last Cruising Update - Summary October 1, 2001 Cruising Update - From Annapolis September 26, 2001 Home Strech September 19, 2001 Last Of The Erie Canal September 15, 2001 Back on the Eastern Erie Canal September 12, 2001 Finishing the Western Erie Canal September 10, 2001 Lockport to Fairport September 7, 2001 Western Frontier of the Erie Canal September 6, 2001 Back in the Canal System September 4, 2001 Leaving The Great Lakes September 1, 2001 In our 7th State August 29, 2001 Ohio Has Libraries August 27, 2001 Vermilion, Ohio August 26, 2001 Fox Haven Marina August 22, 2001 In Put-in-Bay August 17, 2001 The End Of Lake Huron August 15, 2001 Down Lake Huron August 13, 2001 North Channel and Lake Huron August 3, 2001 Gore Bay August 1, 2001 Keel-Haulings July 31, 2001 Rocks Everywhere July 28, 2001 On To The North Channel July 17, 2001 Wouldn't Change A Thing July 13, 2001 Speed Limit July 9, 2001 Thousands of Islands July 5, 2001 Out Of New York July 3, 2001 Typical Day July 2, 2001 Cold Mornings July 1, 2001 Phoenix NY And Beyond June 26, 2001 Through The First Lock June 25, 2001 Up Around Manhattan June 15, 2001 Daily Routine June 12, 2001 Strolling The Vineyards June 11, 2001 Sag Harbor June 9, 2001 Block Island & Beer Can Music June 5, 2001 Lessons Learned June 1, 2001 The Tides Increasing May 25, 2001 Up The Coast Of New Jersy May 21, 2001 Getting To Know The Cruisers May 17, 2001 And So It Begins!

 August 15, 2001 

I believe Lake Huron is competing with the Delaware Bay for my most "negative affections". Yesterday, traveling from East Tawas to Harbor Beach, we ran into 2 - 5' swells. For about 2 1/2 hours of the trip, it felt like we were in a rinse cycle of a washing machine (and Brian says, "Oh, it wasn't that bad!"). If we went directly into the waves, we got beaten up. We could not take them on the stern because of a reef to our starboard. So, we pretty much took them abeam. But as soon as we were around the point at Port Austin and heading south, it was much more comfortable (and my stomach went back to its normal location in my body!).

Our last e-mail was from East Tawas. Nice town, lots of restaurants and small shops down town. Just one specific note: the small grocery store in the middle of the town has a great butcher shop with the meats at wonderfully low prices - - we would recommend it.

Harbor Beach, MI (the largest manmade harbor on the Great Lakes) was very large and had plenty of room for anchoring (although it was only us and two sailboats last night). The town was a mile or so away and, since we knew we would have access to a town today (in Port Sanilac), we decided to take naps instead of walking into town!

We left early this morning for the 30 mile/4 hour trip to Port Sanilac, straight into 1' waves (just the way I like it!). We saw lots of lake freighters again today. At this point, we assume they are going in and out of Port Huron/Sarnia. The harbor at Port Sanilac is very pretty and we anchored behind Linda and Bill's boat (who we first met in Presque Isle). So far, the town looks very quaint. We'll let you know with the next e-mail.

Either tomorrow or Friday we will head to St. Clair and then on to Metro Beach. We plan to be in Put-in-Bay and the Toledo area for a week or so to 1) spend time in our boat's "namesake" and 2) visit with Brian's family. We will start heading east across Lake Erie the last week of August.

Hope all is well with you. Jeri and Brian