Good morning, Cruisers!!  Do you have an umbrella ready at the door?  It is raining lightly or just irritatingly drizzling.  Enough to get you wet but not soaked within minutes.

You can’t get the boat ready if you are holding onto an umbrella.  Put that down and get your rain gear on.  Time to move on out.  Put that bright yellow slicker on ( it was on sale) and get to work!  The rain will go away soon, the sun with come out, and the weather will be glorious!!

We are headed to Frankfort, MI today.  We are expecting < 2 ft waves and low wind.  The day did start drizzly but should clear up.  I am sure you are exhausted by my weather reports.  It seems to be paramount in understanding how to cruise Lake Michigan.

Leland, MI to Frankfort, MI

Our day begins early.  We actually didn’t leave until 9am.  We have a short trip to Frankfort today.  About 40 miles.  The fog was lifting, the water looked ok, and the clouds were leaving.  Time to go!

9am Grey skies and drizzles made our morning bright

Waves were <2 feet.

As the sun started to come out, the water got flatter!

The sun is out!! This is the view all Cruisers hope for!

Lake Michigan Coastline

As we approached the Frankfort Harbor entrance, we notice there were 4 Loopers all headed in the same direction.  It was the first time we have seen so many boats on the water with us.  There were a bunch of fishing boats, a couple of sail boats, and large trawlers or ferries in the distance.

Approaching Frankfort Harbor entrance

Frankfort North Breakwater Light – fog horn and light that can be seen for at least 16 miles

Welcome to Frankfort!!  We finally made it.  It looks lovely, doesn’t it?!

Jacobson Marina Resort

After settling in a few minutes, we walked the town to look for ice cream.  Along the way, I noticed these trees bearing orange/red berries.  They reminded me of holly trees at Christmas.  Clusters of red as if they were ornaments on a tree. What a strange thought.

The downtown area has boutiques, gift shops, restaurants, two ice-cream shops, and a small movie theatre.  It is showing “The Man from Uncle” tonight.

Ice cream!!

A sampling of this town’s buildings.  I like the old brick buildings right next to modern design.  They look pretty well blended, actually.  Tourists everywhere.  We found the bakery closed.  Maybe we can get here early in the morning and snag an apple fritter before we leave?!

Downtown Frankfort

In the parking lot of the Frankfort Municipal Marina, we saw this little car.  I like the flames coming out of the front tire paint job.  The plaque on the running board said it was a 1939 Chevrolet.  Nice looking for its age.

On the way to the beach to get my sunset picture, I saw these trees.  They are spruce/fir trees, right?  Aren’t they Christmas trees.  What is this with sights of Holiday Spirits?  Weird, eh?  Only 117 more days till Christmas 2015.

Christmas Tree, right?!?!

There are a bunch of small pine cones on the tops of these trees.  Dangling little lites amongst the branches.  Although, personally, I like different colored lights rather than just a single color.  Light green does look on this tree, though.

Pines cones that look like ornaments

Sand collected in my sneakers from trampling along the Lake Michigan beach in hopes of getting a great sunset picture.  I got the picture but had to stop and empty my shoes.  I felt like the Princess and the Pea…. just a bit of sand felt like 10 pounds in each shoe.

Very fine white sands here along the Lake Michigan coast

The sunset picture?  This turned out pretty well.

Sunset at Frankfort, MI