All is well with the crew of Cat's Away.

Sorry for not getting to posting for a couple of days but this is a vacation. Photos will not upload with our current connection... more to follow when a better speed is available.

Tom & Connie

Cat's Away/ now in Northport, MI

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We Played it safe today... the plan was for Beaver Island
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_Island_%28Lake_Michigan%29
but 20 MPH S winds stirred up some weather and 4-6 foot waves
http://www.weather.gov/forecasts/wfo/sectors/apxMarineWeek.php?expandweek=ON#tabs
. Why bother when there is so much great exploring in Traverse Bay. We had a short 12 mile run to Sutton's Bay


http://www.suttonsbayarea.com/

and arrived about noon and we were on he lee side of the shore. It is good to have a day to slow down. Planning the trip and working up to the day of departure left us drained after the haul and launch. Although boating has some moments of pure relaxation it is work of another nature. You have to become familiar with each other in ways that are not the norm during our day-to-day routine at home. BTW we are still talking to each other after 2 days and it looks like we will make our 30th anniversary on this trip.

Give me a little time to improve on the linking formats.

Looking forward to another great day on the Great Lakes.

Tom & Connie Jo

Lake Michigan Loop 2009

Although we have been planning, preparing and provisioning the boat for the trip we still feel somewhat unprepared for he adventure... I guess that is to be given as we do not know the conditions we will be exposed to in the next few weeks... it is natural.
The boat is ready and mechanical systems have been checked. The charting software and backup systems have been tested but I still feel there is more to do. Connie has provisioned the galley and of course we will be testing any local greasy spoons along the way.



We departed 1200 today and had some land waves and took a little water over the hood of the truck.

Stopped along the way and bought some veggies but the Sweet Cherries were all gone! Michigan is a beautiful state and the roads we traveled were busy with RV's despite the current enconmy. This area is so different from our home town suffering from the auto downturn. We have unloaded Cat's Away into a boat yard in Northport without problems and they have a great ramp for our rig.




I look forward to having you travel along with us as access to the internet, time and weather allow.




Tom & Connie
Cat's Away