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Erik got out of the dinghy to snorkel the shipwreck
‘John F Warner’
A two mast schooner built in 1855
And sunk October 13th 1890 |
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| But couldn’t get away without sunrise pics also |
Sunrises, coffee, and walks with Riva. We headed out fairly early up towards the farmers market and Rite Aid. Didn’t really need anything at the farmers market unless they had some good coffee. However, it was right by Rite Aid and we needed some Pataday allergy eye drops. 👁️ We ended up with some homemade apple blueberry dog treats for Riva and some delicious blueberry lemon cookies for us. We really need to avoid sweets for a while 😳.
We got back to the boat and headed out into the bay in Trudge to see if we could see some shipwrecks. It was a beautiful morning for a ride in the dinghy! When we finally saw what looked like part of a ship under the water, Erik put his snorkeling gear on and went diving to see. Erik could see a big mast that appeared to about 60 feet long. Over to the side a large section of the hull could be seen largely buried in sand.
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| Preparing to dive |
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| Down under |
Somehow he managed to pull himself up enough to flip over the side of the dinghy to get back in WITHOUT flipping it over 😂🤣😂🤣. We motored back into the marina and began the process of getting ready to shove off.
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| Heading back to harbor |
We filled the water tank and topped off the gas (we seem to have an issue with both engines suddenly pulling gas from the one tank 😖). Then headed out on pretty smooth waters.
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| Tawas Point Lighthouse |
We were still deciding if we were going to go 30ish miles to Harrisville, or 65ish miles to East Tawas. There is a chance that as rain moves in Sunday the lake could get yucky 🤢. We decided to go the whole way and anchor out just outside of East Tawas, and it ended up being a fabulous choice ❤️. Left Alpena about noon and got anchored about 5:15pm, 65 miles today. Coming around the point just before our anchorage, the water wasREALLY shallow pretty far out. We saw many smaller pontoons and run abouts with people beside them in knee deep water. Erik wasted no time going for a swim. The weather was hot and the water was not freezing! Riva had to join him!
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| Riva considering the plunge |
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| And in she went |
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Farm fresh brats were delish
Even the Save A Lot corn was fresh! |
As the evening passed many boats headed in leaving us with only few other boats around. We took the dinghy in to walk Riva and had to get out and walk Trudge in as far as we could. There is only a few small marinas, some cabins, and a yacht club up the road. The road seems pretty busy though with a state park and beach on the opposite side of the peninsula we are behind.
Back at the boat we had coffee, blueberry lemon cookies, and a sunset 🌅
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| Seen in a yard as we walked Riva on shore 😂 |
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| Back to the boat we go |
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| Goodnight |
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