Monday, August 7, 2023 Port Huron

Peter and I had a good Skipper's Meeting this morning, planning out the remaining days of our cruise. Marianna has booked Algonac for Wednesday and Thursday, with an option to stay on Friday if need be. Weather looks good now for Friday travel on Lake Erie. If that holds we will go to Middle Bass Island, assuming we can get in. If not, we could go to PIB, or all the way back to VYC. There is also a place to anchor right off the Amhertsburg Channel near Lake Erie if we needed to avoid travel on Erie and had no other place to stay. Lots of options.

We all walked to the Raven and timed our arrival arrive before 11:00 so we could order breakfast. I watched a squirrel working the "feeding stations" while waiting for the group to assemble. The Military Street bridge was stuck partly open when we left the restaurant. That certainly stopped boat traffic. Hopefully it will be working fine by Wednesday when we need to get under it. 

We took an hour long trolley ride of the city. It's a very nice tour and only costs $.10 each, although that was double last year's $.05 rate. As in most cities, there is a lot of history here. We learned, for example, that there is still a train that runs under the river to Sarnia. As luck would have it, the trolley went right by the fried chicken restaurant so we got to show it to the ladies. Imagine their excitement.  It rained pretty hard while we were touring, but it was just misting when the tour ended.

A trolley eye view of the Blue Water Bridge

We hit the grocery store once we were back. It's a nice, unique grocery. It's a bit upscale, but the prices were good and it has a very nice wine cellar. It did not seem to have as much merchandise as it did last year when it first opened. Still, it was great to see it still open - lots of vacant stores in Port Huron. 

We decided to postpone fried chicken until tomorrow when there is less likelihood we will be caught in the rain biking to pick it up. Same for the hardware and marine stores. We decided to do Mexican tonight at Senor Tequila's. In midafternoon we popped a bag of popcorn for Peter and another one for us to tide us over until dinner.

We had another good dinner and margaritas at Senor Tequila. We followed that up with another piece of delicious blueberry pie and ice cream on Voyager. We brought over a bottle of chocolate wine and little ice cubes to float in the liquor glasses with the wine. It was all so good. We were bloated and back on Annie by 7:00. 

Tomorrow's agenda includes a movie at 11:30, The Sound of Freedom, and then the hardware, marine and fried chicken stores. Today's rain derailed our best made plans. On Wednesday we head to Algonac. I need to buy about 100 gallons of diesel fuel before we leave Port Huron. That's going to hurt!