Lake Huron loves us.

Lake Huron must love us.  We have been within 30 miles of Lake Michigan for almost  a week and still cannot cross onto the big lake.  We are now in St. Ignace, MI, a small town across from Mackinac Island. This is a good stop even if it is raining. We are able to walk (in the rain) to an Ace Hardware and a True Value.  We found a great little grocery that will bring our groceries to our boat.  In addition, they have a real bakery that makes fresh bread and fresh donuts.  Wow,, what a place!!  Since this is the end of the tourist season, many stores have sales.  We pulled into the marina to the sound of firetrucks, the USCG and lots of excitment. At first I thought they had found out about me dumping the dish network satellite dish overboard (not needed since we don't subscribe), but  after docking, we found out a sizable fuel spill had occured. Of course, it had all washed over to the slip we were assigned.  Nothing like the smell of fresh diesel while enjoying lunch on the aft deck.  The HAZMAT team arrived and soon white oil soaks and oil booms surrounded the marina.  When I complained about the slip assignment the lady in the office said, "They all had diesel in them".  The HAZMAT team did a great job cleaning yesterday and were back at it this morning. Hopefully the rain will stop and the skies will clear for a departure tomorrow to Harbor Springs in Lake Michigan. We have met lots of nice people and share our story of the Great Loop adventure with all of them.  Last week we met a couple of fellow loopers from Laramie, Wyoming who are well on their way in a homemade project boat.  We passed them in open water making about 6kts with a 35hp outboard Johnson.  See, anybody can do it.  Enjoy the pic.