Detroit, Lake St Clair, St Clair River

No one encouraged us to stop at Detroit. Lots of vacant buildings, really sad. We wanted to visit the Henry Ford Museum. We were told that even the cab fleet was unimpressive. There are no marinas for transients, it's a heavy industrial area and large freighters cruise 24 hours. We just rode through the city. Lake St. Clair is absolutely beautiful. The water is the color of tidy bowl, a beautiful blue. It's even more colorful then the Caribbean. St Clair River and St Clair Lake connect Lake Erie to Lake Huron. The homes along the river can not have a boat in their yards; the current is too strong. Our necks were sore from going back and forth, like a tennis match - one house was more spectacular than the next. On port you had the USA, starboard was Canada. We were moving right along when we noticed some black clouds. It started to get very breezy. We pulled into the next marina. Better to be safe then sorry. It was hotter then usual so we spent the rest of the afternoon at the pool. When the storm did come it was no big deal, if we kept going, you know it would have been much worse. There was a magnificent rainbow of colors after the rain. Next leg, Port Huron to get supplies before going back to Canada. I wouldn't want to live there. The economy is really bad.. Sarnia, Canada just across the river from Port Huron. Very pretty area, nice pool and Mike found a casino in Port Edward. His union number was 638, the last song sung in church this morning was 638. The slip number on our registration form was 5, Mike's lucky number. It's all on our side, we're gonna win big!!! Sue and Larry drove up from London, Ont. to spend the day with us. We sat on the boat and caught up on the past couple of weeks and then off to the casino. Guess who won really, really, really big? Both Sue and Larry. We let them take us out to dinner. After all it was Mike's lucky numbers that helped them win. The next day we planned the next part of the trip, a little sightseeing, swimming in the pool and in the evening back to the casino. Guess who won? ME- I did- enough to cover my honey and another nice dinner. His luck was good for all but him! When we returned to the marina we met MJ and Jay. They were heading to the same port as we were the next day, Bayfield. They were leaving at 6:30, we told them we would meet them there, it was a little too early for us. Bayfield, another pretty little town. As Jeannie F. would say, "Present Land". Lots of little shops and galleries. All the homes had an old fashioned charm with wrap around verandas. It was a hot day, you could fry an egg on the back of the boat. We went to the beach, to my disappointment you had to walk way out just to get waist high. It was very rocky, I'm glad I had my water shoes. It was too hot to cook, we had to eat out.