Spent 4 days at the island with my sister, Mary. Here are pictures from the dock.
The next picture is of a great little breakfast and lunch spot. They have yummy food and it is Oliver's favorite spot as they have water and dog treats outside the door.

We also saw the same cruise ship that docked in Saugatuck and took Mary on a dinghy ride around the island. It was pretty chilly and windy out there. I was in the bow bouncing around with the dog when we hit the ferry wakes.

Just in case you think we are lazy, we went for many walk, some shopping, history tours and I did a little run in the morning. I felt really fast running as I passed the horses hauling supplies (and I thought I plodded along). Oliver is fascinated with the horses. When he was a puppy they scared him.

On Thursday, the 28th, we headed back to Mackinaw City. Friday, Mary went home after graciously taking me to a grocery store by car which was a treat. Here was our last night by the bridge

Saturday, we headed North through DeTour Passage to the North Channel. This lighthouse marks the passage to the St Mary's river  that carries freighter after freighter to Lake Superior.

Just as we were passing this, the winds came in howling. We blew into Detour marina, literally, for the night. Then we took off early morning to calmer conditions.

We anchored out for 3 days, one longer than expected because of storms, in a island cove north of Drummond Island. We explored from that location in the dinghy. Luckily my IPAD has GPS and maps so we would not get lost. There are hundreads of island up there and pretty soon they all start looking the same. The odds of finding your boat again diminishes the farther you go.

Three times a day, Oliver got a trip ashore to do his business, but mostly to swim and play. He likes to explore, swim and then go back to the boat and sleep. One day we were on the shore talking with another sailor in his kayak when a water snake came up to me to say hello. I was not impressed and calmly walked on to the shore and told Dale to keep Ollie away. He would probably want to play with it. Here is Oliver's day, minus the eating parts.  

The last picture of this leg is the beautiful moon we saw from our cove the night before  we pulled anchor to head to Roger's City on July 4th.