July 18-20, Sutton's Bay, MI

We moved 15 miles this morning in a light rain and a 2 foot chop, north on Grand Traverse Bay to the village of Sutton's Bay. Suttons Bay, along with Northport and Leland, are the three nice resort towns on the Leelanau Peninsula, north and west of Traverse City. This is a small touristy town with many very nice shops and several restaurants.

Suttons Bay Marina

The marina is small and not very well equipped for boats larger than 40 feet. They have put us into two slips here (we are too wide for one) and we have double 30 amp power instead of the normal 50 amp. We are the largest boat in the marina.

Suttons Bay downtown

Wind sculpture

Inland Seas shop where high school students make watercraft.

Sutton's Bay is having a small celebration for the benefit of Inland Seas Education Association, their sea school for youngsters, which teaches sailing, seamanship, boat building and environmental awareness. A tall ship, the schoolship schooner INLAND SEAS, takes students and passengers on day trips and is recognizable from a distance with her 'red sails'.

Band "Handy Billy with the Schooner Trash".
Local band plays for the celebration.

Kathy and Rick Newmann join us in Suttons Bay.
Here in front of 'Ricks Cafe' in Leland.

Rick and Kathy joined us in Suttons Bay. They have not been to Sutters Bay before or Leland or Northport so we are enjoying discovering what's here on the Leelanau Peninsula together.

Art for sale.

More crazy art for sale.

Small recreational 'tug'

Swans with five 'ugly ducklings' come to the boat for a handout.
How can we resist.

Nightfall at Suttons Bay Marina