Good Morning!  We are still in Petosky, MI.  We picked this particular marina because we knew some winds and weather were on their way.  It looked like this would be a great place to escape the forecasted 15 – 20 mph winds with 35 – 40 mph gusts.

You can see that Petoskey is inside the coast line.  The winds are expected from the South West.  Waves are expected to be over 4 feet high.  We opted to stay at this protected marina for the next few days rather than go southward to Charlevoix or Leland.  They are right on the edge of the lake may have 5 -10 mph higher winds.  We just didn’t want to get beat up.  So we wait.

Upper Lake Michigan coast

When we arrived on Saturday, there was a festival going on.  We couldn’t find out what they were celebrating but we figured it was a beautiful day and that should be enough. We found the walkway to Downtown:

We walked up hill to see what we could see.  Imagine my surprise that the first store we saw as a tattoo parlor!  hahaha  Then several small bistros and restaurants, a general store selling exotic cheeses and meats, and finally the ice-cream store.  Guess what was for dinner?

So we wouldn’t get lost on our way back to the marina, the sign to the Midway area next to the Marina.

Midway leads to the Marina

Sometimes, the street view is clogged with cars and people.  This is a Sat/Sunday and filled with families on vacation.  We walked back to the marina on a back street to avoid the crowds and gas fumes.  The stores also labeled their backdoors so you can get to their shops and diners just as easily as from the front street.  How convenient!

Back street signage so you know where you are going.

On my way for the evening picture, these two neighbors of mine just squawked up a storm.  You would think I was moving in.

These guys didn’t seem to mind us humans.  In fact, they tried to avoid us as much as possible.

One evening sunset picture…

Sunset August 16th – folks walking along the breakwater just outside of the marina

The sunset picture on the 20th of August.

Sunset – August 20th – from our Flybridge