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| Anchoring wearing my favorite t-shirt |
We took off for Government Bay, a launching anchorage before
going to The Island (Mackinac). Had a couple of cloudy/rainy days but when the
sun peeked out and we dingy-ed to Cedarville.
Along with Hessel they are the small towns that have the restaurants
(very important), museums, shops and points of interest of the Les Cheneaux
Islands. After a great lunch we took a cool tour of the
Great Lakes Boat Building School. They
show/teach how to build a traditional wooden boat and teach the basic skills of
woodworking and everything to do with putting one together --the class built 2
sloops and two canoes this school year.
The tour leader was quite proud that they had 100% employment for their
graduates from last year and we noticed that they had 2 Tennesseans in this year’s class of
15. This is a beautiful area for
vacationing Michigan-ers and they are trying their darndest to build an
educational mecca—in Hessel there is a culinary school of some repute. This weekend they are having their annual
Antique and Classic Boat Show so there will be lots of people in town. Big doings in the Fitzpatrick/Norris household-- today was Leeton's first day of Kindergarten (oh my it seems like she was just born) she reportedly loved it--we are proud.
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| A kayak and a sloop built at GLBB School |
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| A paddleboard in progress |
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| The Great Lakes Boat Building School |
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| Cool house in Cedarville |
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