Detour Village is one of those places that is in all the books and we will probably be sorry we didn't dock there and take the tour but we had a weather window so we moved on. We left our fabulous anchorage at
Harbor Island early to make the crossing (30-ish miles) of Lake Huron—open water,
3 light houses. There was little to no
wind and very warm but we made our own wind and had a very comfortable
ride. We pulled into Cheboygan County
Mariana around 2pm and plugged in.
Storms and high winds are due but for now we
can get out our bikes and ride the mile into town . At Johnny’s Sports bar
we had a cold beer and hamburger--first
meal out in the USA and it came in under $25—haven’t seen that for a
while. Another first is that we had to
fire up the air conditioners—it is hot and muggy. We will gas up here—diesel fuel
here is half the price than in Canada. We will take a few days in Cheboygan for many reasons: we need to do some homework on traversing the eastern shore of Lake Michigan; grocery, pharmacy, laundromat are all an easy bike ride, and big winds are forecast for the next few days (3-5 ft. waves on Lake Michigan). It helps that there are some good restaurants and strong Verizon reception here too.
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| DeTour Village with the marine pigeons lined up on the pilings |
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| DeTour Lighthouse |
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| Cool home on Lake Huron-notice the happy turtle statue |
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| DeTour Church |
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| Pulling the anchor in Harbor Island |
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| Spectacle Reef Lighthouse |
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