June 28, 2010

Urgh! We had a visit from one of Marquette's finest around 11 pm yesterday. We kindly explained that we had permission from the Harbormaster to be here and had a slip
Key to prove our case. To ease our mind he said that he may or may not be back later to kick us out of out campsite so as you can imagine...we did not sleep very well. That coupled with the unloading freighter until the wee hours of the morning pretty much made it worse. Even the kind horn blowing by the freighter before he left port didn't help. No bother as the case may be.
As much as we tried...we failed to change the weather. The wind picked up about 3 am and continued to blow 10-20 mph. Along with the stiff northwest wind came 5-7 ft waves. Needless to say, we took the day off. Our lovely friend from the harbor showed us a great place to wave watch. From there we hiked around Presque Isle and watched the waves crash into the cliffs. For dinner we took a taxi into Marquette. First we visited the local Downwind Outfitters for fuel and to replace my two sporks, both of which met their tragic ending this week. One had an unfortunate encounter with peanut butter, the other was abandoned somewhere on the cliffs of Presque Isle. Hopefully my new sporks will serve me well. I shall always remember my firsts. Anyway, dinner was fantastic at Vangos. See if you can guess what we ate... I posted a pic as a hint.
After dinner we walked back to our tent to snuggle in for a cold night. The sunset was nice but the encroaching night is gonna bottom out in the 40s. Brrr.
As I leave you tonight, the sound of bagpipes are playing from a wedding nearby. There are no ships at the ore docks and as long as the police don't kick us out, it should be a great night.