Harbor Beach

Harbor Beach, nice sounding name but it is almost the opposite.  It is an industrial town and the marina shares the harbor with a coal fired power generating station.  There is also a huge Dow AgroSciences LLC plant on the waterfront.  No condos here.  The business district was about a 15 minute walk from the marina and it wasn't have bad for a small town.  Lots of junk, I mean antique and collectible stores, in town as well as a couple of restaurants and bars and 2 ice cream parlours.  No chance for my diet in the heat of the afternoon.

The trip up was rather unpleasant as we headed directly into the wind and had to battle 3 foot waves and a bit of a chop on top of that.  Unfortunately, the next 3 days look worse.  We are hoping to get an early start in the morning because we have to cross Saginaw Bay.  For those not familiar with Michigan, we are currently near the tip of the thumb.  On a map if you were to set your left hand with your fingers pointing north and then spread out your thumb, that area between the thumb and your index finger would be Saginaw Bay.  It is probably about 30 miles across at the opening.  We need to do that plus another 40 or so to get to Harrisville, our next target.

Have a good evening.
Tom and Linda