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We left Harbor Hill Marina just after seven, and headed out towards the southern entrance to Lake
St. Clair.
We had a good dinner the night before at "Sindbads" which
provided a shuttle bus for us to get back to the marina. We had walked to
the restuarant to stretch our legs, and on the return trip in the
shuttle, the driver wouldn't even drive through the neighborhood we had
walked through earlier. It did look like it was being
"re-habbed".
It had taken 10 hours to get from Put-In-Bay to Detroit, a
distance of 53 miles. We arrived late in the afternoon, and many of the
marinas had closed up shop for the day, and gone home. It was a little
frustrating to get anyone, either by radio, or by cell phone. I guess
later in the season it wouldn't be a problem.
Lake St. Clair is big enough to lose sight of shore, and
with an average depth of 12 feet, it can kick up a nasty 5 foot chop
in a hurry. On a balmy summer day, it's filled with thousands of pleasure
boats of all sizes and descriptions. We only saw ONE other pleasure boat,
someone we would meet later today. As we crossed the lake, the winds
gradually increased to 20 knots from the south, and a nasty following sea
was building as we reached the entrance to the St. Clair River.
We entered the South Channel of the St. Clair River about
10:15 in the morning. We had another 7 hours of motoring ahead of us to
reach our destination of Port Huron, MI. The St. Clair River was much more
scenic than the Detroit River, and we had an enjoyable day as the
temperature reached near 62 degrees. | 