Month: June 2016
Updated on June 26, 2016
Photos from Michigan
Relaxing at our friends’ cottage Hiking around Sleeping Bear Dunes
Posted on June 25, 2016
Report Card: Two weeks out
It’a been a mixed bag over here at s/v Milou–some things have gone very well; some things, not so much. In the “Awesomeness” column: Anchoring. We’re getting better, and our anchoring setup is pretty solid. Refrigeration. SOOOOO happy …
Posted on June 23, 2016
Heading north along the Michigan shore
One of the lovelier features of the Michigan shoreline is the abundance of inland lakes. A whole bunch of these lakes are linked to the Big Lake via canals, dug a century ago but now maintained by the …
Updated on June 22, 2016
How to have an excellent first overnight passage
At least, here’s how it went for us: Wait for a weather window. Wait and wait and wait. When people start to make fun of you a little for not going anywhere, wait some more. Head out in …
Posted on June 18, 2016
Escape from Milwaukee
Early yesterday morning over coffee, Michu and I realized that we were done being in Milwaukee. Pridefest was being succeeded by Polishfest, with an art fair on the other side of the harbor, and we just couldn’t take …