by garbear » October 23, 2015, 10:59 am
I've posted before about my youth, but I grew up in Arcadia, MI. Our house was 5 blocks from Lake Michigan. I got interested in the boats because my Dad had sailed during the first half of the 40s and he would tell me stories, plus we'd go down to the Lake and there was(is) a scenic turnout north of town and after my Dad was done with work we'd go up there to see the boats heading north on the Lake. In the late 50s early 60s I don't think we ever went more than a day or 2 without seeing boats heading up the Lake from southern Lake Michigan, plus the Ann Arbor carferries coming and going from Elberta/Frankfort was only 10 miles north of us, so you'd always see them in the Lake. Then our summer vacations usually consisted of going to Mackinaw City or taking the ferry across the Straits and heading to the Soo. Even though I don't get out that much to see the boats anymore, I've been hooked for probably 56 out of my 63 years.
I've posted before about my youth, but I grew up in Arcadia, MI. Our house was 5 blocks from Lake Michigan. I got interested in the boats because my Dad had sailed during the first half of the 40s and he would tell me stories, plus we'd go down to the Lake and there was(is) a scenic turnout north of town and after my Dad was done with work we'd go up there to see the boats heading north on the Lake. In the late 50s early 60s I don't think we ever went more than a day or 2 without seeing boats heading up the Lake from southern Lake Michigan, plus the Ann Arbor carferries coming and going from Elberta/Frankfort was only 10 miles north of us, so you'd always see them in the Lake. Then our summer vacations usually consisted of going to Mackinaw City or taking the ferry across the Straits and heading to the Soo. Even though I don't get out that much to see the boats anymore, I've been hooked for probably 56 out of my 63 years.