August 4,2016
Lake Michigan

Let's see, where were we? Oh yes, this Straits of  Mackinaw lighthouse

Then Lake Michigan

More pics of Mackinaw Island

Mackinaw City, Nonna Lisa

Nets at Leland

Manistee, Mi.

Ice Cream monster

Mackinaw Is. Marina

Mackinaw City

The famous Mackinaw Bridge

We always heard how rough Lake Michigan can be.  Here is an example of how bad it can get.

Commercial fishermen unloading the day's catch on the dock at Leland

The Leland Boardwalk

Leland

Short walk to the store

Leland Marina

Passing the big boys.  Many ships loaded with ore, grain and other bulk commodities sail Lake Michigan and all the Great Lakes.

Michigan has hundreds of miles of sandy beaches.  In fact, it has sand dunes, besides, with dune buggies in spots. Who knew?  Oh, well, we didn't.

Downtown Manistee, Mi., a very cool little (6000 pop.) town with a restored historic district and nice municipal docks.

The Vogue Theater has been restored to original but with modern sound and video equipment.

The Vogue Theater

Free concerts at the Pavilion.

We met Jim and Chelley in Manistee's docks.  They are locals from Muskegan and helped us out all around with local knowledge, boat repair and good fellowship for the better part of a week.

At Jim and Chelley Nesbit's house for dinner feast in Muskegan