- 51.0 miles
- 5 hours 8 minutes
- 9.9 mph average speed
- 4-14 mph winds
A few shots of Perfect Match taken by Misty as we were leaving Mackinaw City:
Our dear friends, Darci and Steve, who joined us on Perfect Match as we started our Loop in January, finally found their perfect boat which they named “Balclutha, Too”. The boat was in Michigan and they are traveling up the coast to spend a little time in the North Channel before heading back down the Michigan coast. They met us in Petoskey and arrived shortly after we had docked. It was a wonderful reunion with them!
We introduced Darci and Steve to Misty, Darrel and Susie and had a delicious lunch at Chandler’s restaurant. Later, we all got together on our flybridge for docktails.
Darci cooked brunch for us the next day and Ellen and Misty prepared a dinner of salad and Rigatoni Bolognese that evening and took it over to Balclutha, Too.
Petoskey is a charming town off of Little Traverse Bay.
Misty, Darrel, Susie and us hit the nearby casino and contributed our money to some slot machines. Susie was the big winner – the rest of us had a dollar or less remaining when we left but we had a good time.
There are several other Loopers staying at the marina and several of us gathered for docktails before the six of us headed to the food truck court for dinner.
Darci and Steve headed out the day before we were to leave and Susie also flew home to Texas. We rode with Misty and Darrel to take Susie to the airport and stopped in Harbor Springs, which is across the bay from Petoskey, for lunch. We will all miss being with Darci, Steve and Susie!