Day 13 Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Harrisville to Tawas Bay

(en-route)

Currently I'm slowly drifting south towards Tawas, the winds are almost no-existent, but I have data reception and sit below updating the blog and avoiding the flies. Eventually I'll have to start the engine though unless I want to take 20 hours for 30 miles.

(after arrival)

I rather enjoyed the slow drift south, but eventually the wind started clocking around to the south. That just didn't do, drifting against the wind is beyond the Caprice. I started the reliable engine and motored the rest of the way to Tawas Bay. The flies were making a reappearance today, but weren't nearly as bad as at the Strait. I managed to avoid them much of the time by resting inside - popping out every 20 minutes to look out is sufficient when one just covers half a mile in that time. I saw just a single motor cruiser going north in all that time.
Tawas Bay looks lovely. It's a huge bay that offers protection to all but SW winds, which aren't forecast any time soon. The first living thing I saw after dropping anchor was a deer on shore. And there's good data reception here, so I was able to video-skype with the admiral.
I will take a day off tomorrow and explore the beach and Tawas Point State Park, and check out the town.