Fishtown

We tied up to the dock at Fishtown officially known as Leland, MI. yesterday at 1230.  Just in time to go into town and have a sandwich at a place known as Village Cheese Shanty.  All of the dock side shacks have been turned into restaurants, sandwich shops or gift shops.  The tourist trade is the driving force.  It seems Good Morning America was just here a couple of days ago and named it one of the best places to go in the summer.  We came here because the winds were picking up on the lake and we wanted a safe harbor.  To their credit Michigan has done a great job creating safe harbors (Harbors of Refuge) along the coast. Every 20 miles or so a man made or natural harbor has been built to help boaters duck into a place and wait out a blow.  We are here till Saturday morning waiting for a front to pass, when we will brave it again.  In the meantime we are enjoying the local flavor and catching up on projects as usual. It appears we have found the adult playground of the Lake.  Last evening we witnessed a man about my age riding a bike up and down the dock while drinking a beverage in a tall glass.  He did this very well and seemed to know many of the other boaters.  We think he has had lots of practice.  Anyway we decided that this is a drinking town with a fishing problem. Seems only partying ranks above those two. People are real friendly and we have spotted two other Loopers in the marina.