A Familiar Face

We arrived on Mackinac Island on Saturday after a bouncy 35 mile run from Drummond Island where we had gone through customs the day before- Our "daughter" Brandy, Leonardo's mommy (she is on Mackinac working for the summer) was on the dock waving as we came through the breakwalls. By travelling directly to Mackinac Island, rather than Mackinaw City or Saint Ignace (both on the mainland and reachable by ferry) we took a chance. Because it is a state park, reservations are made in advance (especially for a weekend in August), and made on the internet...as you know, our service has been sporatic plus when travelling by boat it is difficult to determine when exactly you will arrive at specific destinations so, when we did finally try to make reservations we were told they were "full"!
Well, with a little prayer and a whole lot of positive thinking we did something we haven't done before: arrive at a port without a reservation-somehow I just knew they'd have a slip for us. We were put on a "waiting list"...we tied up to a gas dock long enough to get Brandy onboard, then proceeded to circle the harbor for about 30 minutes when a voice on the radio called, "Ithaka, this is the Mackinac Island State Harbormaster and we have a slip for you!" Yahoo! I'll write more soon to fill you in on all the fabulous things we are doing on this wonderful island! Till then, we're off to explore!