Beaver Island Daze

WOW!! Lot's of catching up to do! Here is the "down side" of Beaver Island living - if you are (as I am) a techno-freak and communications junky, you are at the mercy of the "island gods". When they say NO COMMUNICADO, they mean it. The phones AND internet were spotty and/or down for the last two days of our stay. Which translated to REAL island living - painting ONLY and no talking about it on the internet. Aw. Tough for me, but they way it SHOULD be, I guess. Anyway, I will play "catch up" later.

We got off the Island on Friday evening, and it was a HAIRY experience! Of all of the 18 crossings I have made, this one (by far!) took the cake. It is a good thing we didn't know beforehand what it was going to be like, or we would still be on the BI shore! It was a STORMY BI to Charlevoix trip, starting out with seas at 4-5 feet and ending with 6-8 foot swells. We were in the troughs sideways the whole three hour cruise. I managed by doing the "hang on to the rail, flex your knees, keep your eyes fixed on the horizon" business and was okay, but there were pitiful seasick people with bags to their faces EVERYWHERE around me! We were a bunch of VERY GRATEFUL people when we reached the channel, let me tell you!

Kathy and I spent the night at the Charlevoix Inn. Since we were not seasick and were hungry we took the desk clerk's recommendation for dinner, and in doing so stumbed onto one of the best kept secrets in Michigan, the ARGONNE SUPPER CLUB. What a gem! Some of the best perch and shrimp I have ever had in an absolutely charming setting. What a great discovery, and worthy of a repeat next year! Follow the link below or copy and paste it into your browser for a really good article about the Argonne and the history of Supper Clubs in the Northern Midwest. Interesting!

http://visitshoremagazine.com/2/?p=1491

I will finish my photo diary from this year tomorrow. Even after the FOUR HOUR 'NAP" I took today, I am whipped and need to get to bed.