July 6, 2014

Day 294 – July 5, 2014: Bois Blanc Island

We left DeTour early to cross over to Bois Blanc Island and visit some longtime friends from our California years. The early morning departure brought low winds and calm water, and the forecast was a bit threatening for later today. On the way out, we passed the Lake Huron Light which identifies this channel to freighters going up through Sault Ste. Marie into Lake Superior.

Lake Huron Light outside of DeTour

Midway across Lake Huron we passed Spectacle Reef and rounded the Poe Reef Light to enter the South Channel between Bois Blanc Island and Cheboygan on the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Here we docked against the wall in a very small breakwater in the Bois Blanc Township Marina. There is room for only four or five boats, no real services, no nearby shops or stores, and it is only occasionally manned by a harbormaster. This island is just southeast of Mackinac Island but much larger, and with no bridge, few people live here and very few are hearty enough to stay for the winter. This is also where the ferry from Cheboygan comes in and serves those living on the island
Bois Blanc Township Marina

Bois Blanc Island southern shoreline

Betty and Rich picked us up, and we spent the afternoon and evening together catching up on what has been happening in our lives since we last saw them two years ago.

Betty and Rich

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