Frankfort to Manistee to Pentwater

Frankfort to Manistee was a very nice calm cruise.  While I knew the east side of Lake Michigan had nice dunes, the number of dunes, continues to amaze me, including their size.

While in Frankfort we met our first co-Loopers.  When invited to 'docktails'  to meet the loopers we accepted.  However, when we brought our chairs and cooler, to a group of people having their docktails and introduced ourselves, we soon discovered that we actually crashed another groups docktail party!  The 'loopers' are down there one person stated, we graciously exited with mild embarrassment ( I am good at this, Vicki no so much).  We then started the process again with another group of real loopers.  Met some really nice folks with the same spirit.

The amount of fishermen at the main ports is impressive.

From Consumers Website

As we passed south of Ludington (or Looodington as other loopers refer to it) we passed the Pumped Storage facility.  This is a very unique energy system.  Taking non primetime electricity from Nuclear  power plants, using it to pump water into a large man made lake, then releasing the water for hydroelectric generation to help meet peak demands for same.  The scope and magnitude of this project is immense.

Our View from the lake.

 While in Pentwater we had visitors.  Pat and Ali Abbasabadi, Rick and Barb Eldridge (thanks for the veg's and popcorn), and Kourtney and Chad Webster.  What fun going for lunch, dinner, Wine Tasting and catching up on all things BR.  We took a dingy ride with Daisy to Mears State Park, daisy loved her swim (and later ice cream cone).

We were weathered in an extra day.  Pentwater and Snug Harbor is a great place, we have been to Pentwater many times, and it is a favorite place of ours.  There is little traffic compared to other tourist towns.