Weather: Sunny and mild! Winds: East 5-10. Seas: 1 foot.
Kelly and I motored out of Caseville and barepoled it to the cottage, apparently confusing the folks on the beach. "What are they doing?" The cottage is only a mile or so from the marina and the winds were pushing us at 2.5kts, no need to be in a hurry.
Once again, anchored between the sandbars, in about 3ft of water. Jumped into the cool water, coaxed the dogs in and made them swim ashore, about 100 yards. Cieli was game, but Qatar was his sensitive, reluctant self. Stopped off at the boat lift along the way for a short break and really had to coax Qatar off. Everyone made it to shore and the dogs celebrated with their "I cheated death" dance.
Spent the afternoon and evening chatting with mama and papa Keith and RT's brother and sister-in-law while helping to drain a couple Oberon mini-kegs, one Kelly and I had been hauling since Muskegon.
RT's daughter Emma pulled off the joke of the trip. She and a neighbor kid were bouncing on a tramp. Suddenly, Emma was screaming, coming towards those of us seated in front of the cottage and covering her mouth with her hands. MM jumped to assist, "Oh my god!" Emma let her hand drop a bit, something was there. She and MM got closer and Emma dropped her hands all the way, revealing a set of wax lips and a mustache! MM was shocked. The rest of us started laughing our asses off. Emma, though she brought it on herself, didn't like to be the center of that much attention and broke down. Still, it was really funny!
Towards sunset, the east winds moderated and RT, Chris and I sailed HR back to the marina. Made 7kts in 5-10kts wind and the boat wasn't even breathing hard. RT could not believe how effortlessly the boat moved. He kept saying how his boat would have been rail-in-the-water at 7kts...if it got to 7. To be fair, his Bavaria 38 will make 8-9kts and if the wind is at his back, the rail is not in the water, but conditions are special then.
All in all, worth the effort to get around the lower Michigan peninsula to hook up with them. I wish we could have spent another day, but the timeline for the planned trucking of HR dictated heading back towards Waukegan.
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