Final Photos

Thanks to everyone who followed us and wished us well on this trip. As promised I have posted the final set of photos.

Working from the first one on down.....

* the Ryerson downbound at the locks as we had just locked through. She is such a beautiful ship.

*A patriotic photo as we go through the Keweewana Waterway

*the bridge at Houghton-Hancock, Michigan

*the Duluth Lift Bridge as we entered

*some of the many around to greet us. That is Mary taking the picture in the middle. She was very happy to finally see her boat.

*as we approach Harbor Cove Marina. The new home of Easy Does It.

Thanks.

Home at last

Well at 1045 today we crossed under the Duluth Lift Bridge. We left Sault Sainte Marie on Thursday Morning in some rough seas on Whitefish Bay. The seas flattened out and we arrived in Marquette, MI at 1920 on Thursday. Friday we headed off for Ontanagon, MI on the wonderfully calm waters of Lake Superior. We arrived in Ontanagon at 1715 and we took on fuel and decided to make our way to Stockton Island in the Apostle Islands. We arrived at the dock at Stockton at 2100 and made dinner. We spent a very cold night at the dock since there is no electricity on the island. We were all awake early and pushed away from the dock at Stockton at 0640 on our final leg home. We arrived home just as the seas were building. The lake was really churning with strong easterly winds this afternoon so we were really glad to make it home early.

I'll post some pictures tomorrow.

Thanks.

Update - Not so Promising

Well, it is 1515 and we are still at the marina. The weather is not so promising for tomorrow also. It looks as if we will at the earliest be leaving here on Friday morning. The run from here to Duluth is 384 miles. This could be done in 3 long days with good weather. However, 4 is probably more realistic. I'll update the blog when internet access is available.

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Arnie moving the boat into a slip at the marina on a very windy day at the Sault..

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Dinner at Antlers in Sualte Sainte Marie...

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Sunset on Monday night while underway to Presque Isle

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Captain checking out the weather forecast...

We are getting closer....

Sorry for the delay in updating the blog.

Late on Monday the weather broke and we took off for Presque Isle, MI. We arrived at the Marina in Presque Isle at 2300. A very interesting arrival into a dark marina. Tuesday we fueled up and headed across the lake to Point Detour and then to Sault Sainte Marie. It was very windy in the St. Marys river, but a good time trip when all was said and done.

We are at the Kemp Marina in Sault Sainte Marie. It looks as if we will be here a few days as Lake Superior is kicking up with strong northwesterly winds. I am using the marina's computer so I'll get some pics updated as soon as I can get a connection with my laptop.

Have a great day.

We are on the web....

While we are hanging out at Harbor Beach Marina, you can check us out on the marina's web cam at http://harborbeach.greatlakescam.com .

The Gales of May - continued

Well another day at Harbor Beach Marina in Harbor Beach, Michigan. The wind is still blowing hard out of the west and northwest. As you can see some of the crew is working hard namely Keith the blog master and Bob the photographer. The rest of the crew is kicking back and relaxing. We hope for the winds to die down later today so that we can head on out yet today and run into the evening and night. Have a great day.

The Gales of May

Here is a picture that Bob took off of the breakwater at the marina at Harbor Beach. As you can see we are still waiting out the winds. The second picture shows what one does to pass the time as we wait out the Gales of May.....

A Rough Sunday

I hope the weather is better where you are than it is here. We were up early, fueled up and headed out to a very rough Lake Huron. After pounding our way for over an hour and only making it 4 miles we turned around and headed back to the Harbor Beach Marina. It is windy with temperatures in the 40's and then to top it off it is raining. We will be here until the weather breaks which could be tomorrow. I'll keep you posted with weather updates.

Saturday night

Well, we made it to Harbor Beach, Michigan a small friendly marina. Bob made us a wonderful dinner and the captain is finally relaxing. Thank God for that!!!! Will post more pictures tomorrow. The trip has been great and all need to consider a trip like this.

Later...

Ah yes.....

What boat trip does not need a little help from the Chief Engineer! All is fine and we made it to Detroit on Friday. Weather may be marginal tomorrow so we are hoping to make it to Port Huron at the tip of Lake Huron or farther. Will post more tomorrow assuming we have internet access. Have a great Saturday! I know we will!

The Joker among aces

OK - so you figure out who is the Joker!

The Boat

Well, better late than never. But, technical difficulties happened late yesterday with the bloggers computer. So here is the beautiful boat - "Easy Does It"

Chicago

Here we are in Chicago on our way to Sandusky. It was a very early morning. We arrived in Toledo at 1215 EDT. Made our way to Sandusky and arrived at the boat at 1500. I'll post a picture of the boat in a bit.

Less than 24 hours...

Well we will be in Sandusky in less than 24 hours. There is alot of work to be done to get the boated fitted out. It looks like Bob and Keith will make a trip to the market to load up on the rations for the trip. It is probably a safe bet that we will need to stop at the liquor store to aquire some of the essentials also. Terry and Howard will stay at the boat and get it ready for our more than "three hour tour." We shipped all the large and heavy supplies via truck a few weeks ago. It takes alot of items to get a boat properly fitted out. Items such as PFD's, lines, anchors, radios, a dinghy, and many other items. Have a great evening and I'll have a post early tomorrow morning.

Who, when, where, what...

This blog is to update others on the voyage to bring Easy Does it a 37' Silverton boat from Sandusky, OH to Duluth, MN.

WHO: The boat belongs to Terry and Mary. Terry, Bob, Howard, and Keith will be flying to Sandusky, OH. Arnie will join them later at the Soo.

WHEN: Flying to Sandusky on May 15th. Departing Sandusky on Friday the 16th.

WHERE: Sandusky, OH on Lake Erie to Duluth, MN on Lake Superior. The trip will take the vessel and crew through Lake Erie to the River and Lake St. Clair. We will then go up Lake Huron to the St. Mary's River. There we will go through the locks and into Lake Superior. This trip is approximately 900 miles.

WHAT: We have a logo and theme for the trip and you can see it above.

More updates to follow.