Blind River to Drummond Island Yacht Haven Marina, Drummond Island, Michigan

 On Thursday we walked into downtown Blind River for breakfast at the 17 Restaurant. We stopped at the book exchange in the laundry room and traded a dozen books so I should have plenty if we don't have cellular service to read my book on my phone. We headed across the open water to Drummond Island Yacht Haven and got a slip close to the far covered shed for smaller boats. We met some folks from Tallahassee that have kept their trawler here in winter storage for ten years since completing the loop. It took some time to check into US Customs on the Roam app and they wanted to do a zoom call but could not get the connection so we we were happy to take down our Canadian courtesy flag and our yellow quarantine flag.

On Friday we discovered the Bear Track Restaurant was only a twenty minute walk away so we went there for breakfast. The marina provided a car rental for $20 a day so we planned to take the car out on Saturday.

On Saturday we left the marina with the rental car and headed to four corners where the hardware store, grocery store, and Timberlake Restaurant is where we ate breakfast. The Farmer's market was setting up across the street so we browsed through and found some great local produce. We then headed towards the ferry and parked the rental car and went across to DeTour Village as pedestrians. We walked one way to the marina and then back the other way to the botanical gardens before taking the ferry back, We stopped at Esther's Mexican Restaurant for a great lunch of shared fajitas sitting their outdoor patio.

The car ferry to DeTour village

Along the waterfront heading to DeTour Marina

Nice walkway along seawall of marina

Church along the main street

A pretty home

The city maintains memory gardens along the waterfront

On Sunday we walked to Bear Track for breakfast. It was cold and windy and I did laundry while Glenn did boat work. We saw the tall ship out for a cruise

The tall ship that gives tours out of the marina

On Monday we walked to Bear Track for breakfast and then came back and took the rental car to tour the island. We had the map of the hiking trails so we found our way to the trail head for

Sandhill cranes in a front yard

Tiny red mushrooms

Snake in the parking lot

More sand hill cranes alongside the road

Four deer dashing across the road

On Tuesday and Wednesday we took the longer walk to four corners since Bear Track Restaurant was closed.  We went to the Drummond Island Historical Museum which had an amazing collection from when the sawmill and train were running, The weather has been cool and windy and we are waiting for calmer weather to stage to DeTour VIllage before cruising across Lake Huron to Cheboygan to Walstrom Marina for winter storage. We did boat work inside.

On Thursday we went back to Bear Track for breakfast and wandered around the neighbor hood. We did another round of laundry since this is the Laundromat for the island and folks come across the ferry from DeTour Village.

The log house museum