As stated earlier, we left Grand Haven Tuesday morning because the forecast called for the waves to kick up Wednesday. As we approached the St. Joe lighthouses, we listened to the forecast once more. In the 3 hours it had taken us to travel from Grand Haven the forecast had changed completely. Traveling by water should be good for the next few days. Oh, well, we're here now.
We contacted Wolf's Marine Wednesday and they brought our new dinghy to the boat and measured it for pads to match our Weaver davits (the system that allows us to stand the dinghy up on the swim platform). We walked through downtown St. Joe and along the waterfront bluff. They have "Farm-Fresh Art" on the streets of downtown-Sidewalk sculptures of farm animals. Our favorite is:
DonQui Xote
Thursday morning we rode to town, along the bluff walk and down along the lakeshore and the breakwall. There used to be an amusement park here and in 2010 a new carousel opened in commemoration.
A representative from Wolf's has been by today to check the pad placement and measure for the clips to match our standoffs. They will keep the boat until Monday, when the letters and numbers should be applied and we'll be able to move on. We're waiting for word from Enterprise in Benton Harbor when they will be able to bring a car and we'll go home later today to pick up a some things we've missed and take home some things we don't need (Mary's cane! Hurrah!).
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