Indiana Here We Come

Got up and weather was great.  All storms had pasted and radar showed nothing ahead of us.  Went and talked to David and Joy Lazarus on their great Grand Banks 42 "Maia".  Lovely boat and so much room.  Before you know it the time was 10:30AM.  We bid good bye and said we hope to be able to catch up to them again along the way.  We packed and and left at about 10:50AM.  Had read about the diesel fuel at Pier 33 in St Joseph on the Looper's digest so we decided to stop for some there.  We were going to stay over nite but the only space was a 36' slip for our 48' boat, NOT going to happen.  It was a terrible place to try to reach people. We called Pier 33 on channel 9 to no avail.  Finally I called by phone just to find out that they do not monitor VHF or any radio.... It was not easy to get around and water levels were very shallow and directions by the marina staff to get fuel were sketchy at best so we said F--- it and left.  Headed for Michigan City, Indiana, and again the weather was great and fairly calm waters. Arrived just as marina staff had gone.  Large, nice marina and directions to our slip # 339 were great.  In was now 4:50PM and it is a hot and humid day.  I had for that we were in a different time zone so we actually arrived at 3:40PM. Don walked down the dock and said that there was about five or six more Looper's there.  After a nice shower we went over to talk to the people on Native Son, Rich and Merry Kay and their daughter and grandson Matthew, which we had  met on Mackinac Island.  They to had a lovely boat with so many storage areas, which always gives me new ideas.  On the way back we stopped and talked to Phil and Carolyn Johnston on the Loopy Kiwi.  We have heard so many Looper's talk about there travels with them it was so nice to meet them. Then we bumped into Scott and KC Calkin on Jet Stream, who we had also met earlier.  We were not almost a party.  The next to join the group on the docks were Roger and Karen on the Karen Anne who just days before had crossed their wake and had just but on, with great pride their gold flag.  Roger's first question was "well what do you do next".  It was an amazing nite and a fabulous sunset. 

Most came back to our boat for a few drinks.  They wanted to see the Navionics app that I downloaded on my IPad and how mine had more detail than Don's brand new RayMarine E127.  But mine only cost $54.99....  After everyone left we ordered pizza and watched the end of Avatar, on also I think we were OUT of wine!!!!