DE TOUR to ST. IGNACE

On Saturday we made a long 40 mile Lake Huron crossing. Originally we planned to anchor remotely on Saturday night, but the weather forecast was for very strong wind (25 knots with higher gusts) on Sunday. Therefore we took advantage of ok weather on Saturday. 

The crossing was a long day, but we were happy to dock in ST. IGNACE, safe and sound! Once at the dock we learned that the town has a firework display every Saturday night during the summer :)

ST. IGNACE is now a tourist town (with lots of history) that has ferry boats continuously running trips to Mackinac Island. 

The weather prediction was correct!!! There was lots of wind and rain on Sunday. We decided to stay in ST. IGNACE for two nights and wait for the wind to calm down. 

On Sunday we played tourists and took a ferry boat to Mackinac Island for the afternoon. This will be our next port once we have acceptable departure weather :)

A diesel fill up for Thistle on Saturday morning in DE TOUR. 

Our course from DE TOUR to ST. IGNACE -  7 hours.

Happy to see the ST. IGNACE Lighthouse.

ST. IGNACE history.

Saturday night fireworks!

Our ferry boat trip to Mackinac Island...it poured rain on the way back and we saw a funnel cloud!

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