Thursday - August 19

We left St. Clair Shores (Jefferson Beach Marina) at 7:20 after swiping away at the spiders and gnats who made another mess overnight!!!   We had 40 miles today and I had made a 12:30 haircut appointment, so off we went.   The lake was pretty flat, the sun was shining and it was 70 degrees.    We started on Lake St. Clair, then the St. Clair River and finally on Black River here in Port Huron.   We passed by many small cottages and big mansions - lots of summertime and year-round fun here plus several freighters with Michigan on our port (left) side and Canada to our starboard (right).

    We arrived at River Street Marina around 11:45, and were helped tie up along the wall by 2 nice young high school men.    We settled in and then I was off to walk 3/10 of a mile to the Black River Beauty Bar for a much-needed "new" do from Tori.    This place just opened this past Tuesday - 2 gals who worked together at another salon now have their new place - very nice!

I called Mark when I finished and he met me and we walked downtown (3-4 more blocks) for lunch at the Vintage Tavern.    Both Tori and the folks at the marina office recommended this place + a few others.   It was in an old preserved building with wooden floors, brick walls and tin ceilings.   Our drinks, food and dessert were all top-notch.    Mark had braised short ribs and I had "grown-up" grilled cheese with bacon and apple jam.   We shared tuxedo cake which was heavenly!

Back to Catrina with the windows open and a lovely afternoon (79) - read, took little cat naps and did face time with Luke, Maeve, Philip and Annette.                 


Beautiful start to the day
Some of the biggie homes along the way

Passing by the Great Lakes Maritime Museum
This boat is docked behind us here at the marina
Mark remembers it from 13 years ago.....Italy???

We had cheese/salami/crackers and grapes for a light supper after the big lunch and then went for a walk along the water.  

Pretty murals on the bridges downtown

A neat nautical bike rack

  Port Huron is a nice place to be and we had wanted 2 nights here, but tomorrow 18 boats are coming for the weekend and they need our spot, so......time to move on.    Algonac is our next stop.
















 

 




 









 

 





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