Wednesday, June 22

Hello from Pentwater Lake where we are anchored out for our first night!    Here's how our day went...

Lots of rain overnight and some nasty lightning.   Did some final preparations before we left and then Mark made one more trip to West Marine.    He took Toad to Torresen Marine where they'll store her inside while we're gone.    This is where Catrina had her engines removed and then reinstalled.    I went for a walk along the trail and the sun came out!   We are expecting much cooler temps next few days after all the intense heat!

At 9:50 we left Muskegon....strong winds from the south, but not too bad as we headed north, but one hour into the trip, Mark happened to check that the house batteries were being charged but discovered,  they were not????  So, back to Muskegon (1 hour)  and Jeff, the mechanic came to see what the problem was and found that the circuit breaker on each engine had not been reset since the engines had been reinstalled.    So, 2 hours later, we were good to go and got underway at 1:45. The waves subsided a little and rest of the trip was uneventful  (just a little rain shower) arriving at Pentwater Lake at 5:00.   We are anchored out and it just starting drizzling (could get some storms tonight).    We both love to anchor - so peaceful and quiet; hoping  rain is the extent of any change in the weather.

We traveled about 70 miles (including the round-trip to and from Muskegon).

Liam lost his first tooth today - yeah!!!

Michael was at O'Hare last night when the bad storms rolled thru - said the baggage carts were tossed around like toys!   Yikes!

Mark has added a new electronic toy to his "collection" that allows us to call authorities in an emergency.  It also keeps a track of our travels and anyone can see them if they follow the proper link.    To view this, just click on our picture above on the right-hand side.   This new device is called a "Spot" - satellite messenger.  Pretty neat!      Catrina is well equipped with all kinds of gadgets and the latest in technology.

Until tomorrow....nite nite from Pentwater Lake!