The Other North Channel

We putz out the cut passing morning joggers and dog walkers to greet a calm flat Lake St Clair. No waves...imagine that!

As we turn North towards to get to "the back" channel, we can also see behind us lot's of white caps coming from the Detroit River and Grosse Pointe shoreline. Glad we took the extra time to get this far yesterday. With clear skies and the night moon still out, we chug along in 15 foot of water that is so clear we can see bottom! By 9:50 we are safely in the "no wake" zone and looking forward to seeing the cute cottages and North Channel YC on our east shores which can only be reached by boat (I think). We bypass some pretty old establishments on the other shore as well...takes Ron back in time as we see some childhood haunts.
Looking ahead, we are going to join the main channel soon and have just heard a forecast for a storm and waterspouts. Time for foul weather gear! If we are prepared, maybe we will be spared getting caught. Soon enough, we see rain falling in buckets covering the skyline and watch as the system passes north and east of us. Yeah!

The mouth of The Black River never changes this time of year...you go from blue to brown/black water in the blink of an eye.

 2:30 opening of the Military Bridge is made just in time and we proceed through the 7th St bridge to a dock at River St Marina where just last week they had hundreds of race boats and sailors partying and getting ready for the Port Huron to Mackinaw Race. All is quiet now and I think the boats are just recording their finishes. Hope the guys and gals we know did well. I believe Shennanigans J33, Clowns, Time Machine J35, and Consigliori should be in the hunt and if I missed someone....sorry. Send a comment :) I hope they have many layers of warm clothes as we start to feel the coldfront that was predicted. Time for jeans and sweatshirts!