After leaving Stockton Island Marina, we motored about 50 miles to Ontonagon. We had called in ahead and booked a slip at the marina where Tim met us on the dock and pointed us to a slip. Tim told us of the sights and restaurants and tried to call a cab for us to go to town. The taxi service had finished working for the day, so Tim loaded up our jerrycan in his truck with Darrell and they went and got it filled. That was very nice of him and appreciated, but wait there is more. Tim then went home and got his van so we could all go for a ride. We picked up some food supplies, went out for dinner at Roxey's. He took us to Stubb's bar to see the decorations and have a ale, then back to the marina. The next morning Tim brought us ice at 7:00 AM. What a great in ambassador for the town!
From there another day with little wind, it rained most of the day off and on, mostly on, so we only had one person on deck at a time. We made the first 36 miles then the fog covered us and we navigated to the mouth of the Keweenaw Waterway by inavx. The trip down the waterway to the Houghton/Hancock area was lovely. It was well marked and had lots of cottages on each side. We radioed ahead and the bridge operated raised the bridge to 50 feet so we could pass under it. It was near rush hour and the operator announced over the PA system "Sailboat Lets Go". The marina downtown had a slip waiting for us.
Turns out that the annual Bridge Days festival was on, so we took in the band and watched the fireworks.
Doug
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