August 21-26 29013 Door County WI

Sunset from slip #35

Wednesday, August 21, we moved from the anchorage at Shanty Bay to Sister Bay Marina.  Were lucky enough to get slip 35 which faces out towards the bay when you bow into the slip.  Since we rarely back the boat into a slip (because I cant see anything behind us) we bowed in and had a wonderful view of the bay.

Sister Bay Marina and BeachQuest in the background

We walked around the town, went to the beach and ate at Sister Bay Bowl.  Had to dash back to the boat to close hatches and windows.  Heavy, heavy thunderstorm blew through soaking everything, and everyone.

Greg on the 18th hole

The next day we headed back to the anchorage to swim a little and sample the beach store ice cream.  Greg and I did 18 holes at the park golf course

Seany!  Lots of stuff to take back

Greg, Laura and Seany departed the next day at the same time Dave, Jennifer and their two sons arrived for a night.









The dinghy handled the luggage and people shuffling with no problem.

More beach time with Jack and Jonah.  And dinghy rides on a beautiful, albeit windy day.  Grilled on board and somehow squeezed everyone in various nook and crannies for the night.

Dinghy Rides!

The next morning the beach was nearly deserted (9am) but later in it swelled with swarms of beach goers.  Must be loads of retiree's camping here. But between 5-6pm it cleared out again and I swear I could hear the clink of ice cubes splashing into glasses around the numerous campfires.  Really!



















At least I was able to make us of one our Canadian purchases (well, actually the only purchase).  Gotta admit, it's damn festive!















Sunday the winds were blowing near 30mph but the boat was anchored well so we had no dragging issues.  We went to town for breakfast and a stop at the Olive Oil store to replenish our depleted olive oil stocks.  The kids dropped us off and left fro home.  We hung around the boat the rest of the afternoon although I did retrace one of my running routes.  Walking this time though, not running!

Ate aboard and then I had the urge to head to Wilson's in Ephraim around 8pm.  Took the dinghy over there (about a 20 minute ride) and brought back a dish of Mackinac Mint Fudge for Mary.  Very clear and relatively calm night.  Mary's mint fudge ice cream didn't melt into a puddle either.

Our solar panels are still not working even though I replaced the charge controller.  So I had left the gen set running when I left and when I returned I went through the switch over procedure from generator to inverter but alas the inverter didn't power up the AC bus.  Uh Oh.  So we went to bed sans AC electrical meaning no TV and no power to the freezer and fridge up on the fly bridge.

Hopefully the Yachtworks Marina guys can fix this (internal fuse I think) along with the vexing solar panel problem when we get there Tuesday.  But in the meantime we'll run the generator in the morning before I change the oil so we can run it later Monday evening.    The bountiful joys of boating never fail to deliver :-)

Great to be back in one of our old haunts!