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| Mushroom Home on the Round Lake |
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| Along with the fabulous garden, the mushroom homes are unique |
We are going down the eastern shore first of all because
there are a lot of friendly ports about 20-30 miles apart and there is a forgiving
sandy bottom if you should get into shallow water. The winds on Lake Michigan are a tricky thing
–if they come from the west they run across the lake and gather the force of
the waves as they reach the eastern shore and can make for uncomfortable/pounding
beam seas—so we check the winds, waves and rainfall daily to figure out the best
times to travel. After leaving Beaver
Island at 8am and anchoring in Round Lake right off the city of Charlevoix before
noon we shopped --the winds kick up in the afternoon. The municipal marina is full of fabulous
boats and the town has lots of restaurants and nice shops. Around the edge of
Round Bay are big wonderful homes with equally beautiful boat houses. They have
what they call Mushroom Homes here that are made of the Petoskey Rocks that are
round, speckled and pretty. This
reminded us of Annapolis in that we could just sit on our boat and watch the
other boats come and go –it was better than a movie.
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| Canal leading into the town of Charlevoix and Round Lake |
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| Charlevoix Harbor |
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| Sunny Days at anchor |
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