"Grand" Grand Haven

Light House Entrance to Grand Haven


 

 

We had a great Day cruising. Arrived at Grand Haven and stayed at the Municipal Marina. Staff were so great and were there on the docks to help with docking. After getting settled in we went for a walk. Very nice city, and very friendly people. We took the Harbor Trolley for a small tour of the area. Came back to the boat and took the bikes off and went for a ride. Decided to go to the beach so off we headed.  It is a very bike friendly town. The boardwalk takes you all the way down to the beach. And I thought that we had great beaches in Sarnia, not. This was an amazing beach similar to Ipperwash in Ontario but 10 times better.  It felt so good to just walk down the beach, made us feel like we were back in the Bahamas, and then to go for a swim. Ah we are Canadian, we can take almost any water temp. But surprisingly it was great and not cold at all.

 

 

 

 

  Met a cute couple in the water, Jarrett and Carrie. Just more friendly people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rode back to boat for 5 o'clock cocktail hour.  Went to Kirby's, a large restaurant across from the marina that had a bar on the top of the building that overlooked the water.  It was so nice to relax a have a cold beer or two.  We decided to ride down to the end of the pier by the light house to see the sun set into the lake, and so did about 100 other people.  It was the first time on the trip that we actually saw the sun set and we were not disappointed.  We came back to the boat, had a glass of wine and watched the water and light show at 9:30PM.  So amazing.   We went back to Kirby's for a lite dinner.  Walked back to boat and had a nite cap.  This was just a great relaxing day and just what we needed....