After enjoying the last week at Put In Bay (PIB) on South Bass Island, OH, with friends we resumed our journey today. We completed Lake Erie and entered the Detroit River, traveling 38 nautical miles (43.7 statute miles) over 5.25 hours and are currently docked in Wyandotte, MI.
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| Today's journey from PIB to Wyandotte, MI Michigan! The final State! |
Tomorrow on our way to MacRay marina we will cross our wake and become Gold Loopers!!! Tomorrow we will complete a goal we started 13 years ago on August 20, 2012. Our captain estimates less than 40 miles to go. It is hard to believe the Eve before the big day is upon us.
While we were at PIB, we worked hard to wash the last of the salt off of MMS. Mother Nature helped with a pretty severe rainstorm with very high winds. So severe that our bimini top on the bridge did not survive. Fortunately, the damage to the bimini is not permanent and we can repair it and MMS came with a spare. The original was blue and the replacement is tan but beggars can't be choosers. We are happy there was a spare onboard.
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| Severe pop up storm tore the stitching on the bimini. |
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| Spare bimini |
One of the traditional events at PIB is at 9:00pm on the weekend nights the Boardwalk restaurant rings a bell to announce the lowering of the American Flag for the evening. While the flag is being lowered Boardwalk plays the National Anthem. It can be heard all over the area. We were fortunate to experience it Fri, Sat and Sun. And we had a beautiful sunset one of the nights.
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| Sunset at PIB shortly after the flag lowering ceremony at Boardwalk. |
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