Been out a month now.
Finally the wind died down and we left Leyland this morning at 8:30 am. As soon as we got outside the breakwall at Leyland, I put the boat on Autopilot and didn't take it off till we arrived at our final destination at 3:45. It makes it an easy day because to change course all you have to do is reset for a different bearing. We originally were going to go to Frankfort, then we decided Arcadia which was about 10 miles down the lake. However when we reached Arcadia at 2, the lake was so goo that we decided to go on Manistee which is a further 15 miles down the Lake.
One thing that is interesting though is the huge sand dunes and beaches all along the eastern side of Lake Michigan. Apparently, the prevailing wind is from the west all along the lake and over a million years the waves and water have created the sand. Quite impressive!
Not much to this town though the books said it was a quaint Victorian city. While it is Sunday, there is no-one in town. A lot of stores on the main street have closed up or are for sale. Two restaurants were open. Not much here that we can see and we will move on tomorrow.
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