Sunday, July 24

We spent today in Marquette... a day of recovery for me!
The morning began with a phone call from our dear friend, Jim Coy. He wanted to report to our Sunday school class on how we were doing.
Then we walked for a couple of hours. As we were walking we came upon the Huron Bakery! Skip was in hog heaven. After his donut fix, we walked to the business district, then up the hill to Ridge St. The first thing you notice is three churches  - Methodist, Presbyterian and Episcopal. Two of the churches are quite old and were having their services with the doors open.  I commented on that and Skip reminded me about the lack of air conditioning here.
Ridge Street is a beautiful area of town.The homes are older with beautifully established yards and gardens. Some of the homes were constructed using sandstone from the area. The architecture is just beautiful.
At the end of Ridge Street is the Marquette Maritime Museum. We went through that and learned so much about the history of this region. And it was interesting reading about the Edmund Fitzgerald.
This weekend the "Tall Ships" are in town. You can pay to go on a two hour cruise or, when the boats are docked, you can go through the boats.  They're beautiful. Tall masts with all the riggings. Amazing to think that those were sailing the waters not that long ago.  I've added some pictures for you  of the Tall Ships.
Tonight we had dinner with Jeanne and Micheal, the couple we me at Grand Maris. They took us to the Landmark Inn, a beautiful old Marquette hotel. We had dinner on the top floor overlooking the harbor. What a view! We could see the entire harbor, with the Tall Ships going out and coming back.  Amazing!
Jeanne and Micheal also took us to the grocery store for a few items. What nice folks! We're going to  connect with them on our way back to Lake Michigan.
Now we're back on the boat looking at maps and the weather  for tomorrow's sail.