Days 99-103 - July 24-28 More at Sutton Bay Marina, Sutton Bay, IL

DAY 99 & 100 & 101 & 102 & 103  
July 23-28

Suttons Bay, Michigan.  Yup.  We're still here.  Quite nice, actually.

 

Two flights of wine at a lovely vineyard, with some pretzel bites.  Not bad.  Not bad at all.  Although, I think there was something loose on the bike going home.  

It tended to wobble a bit.




Saw crops along the bike path. The corn looks good.

I have gone kayaking several times during these restful days.


I felt like we were being watched.


No, this isn't a picture of the porta-potties... look at the tree.
The leaves are changing, in JULY!!


We were happy to see these mats to make the beach more accessible.




The water is quite clear. The families were enjoying it. I stuck my hand in it and quickly determined it is still too cold for me.


The wildlife and the humans shared the water.


The morning walk.  No deer.  I did not tell these three that Thanksgiving is a mere four months away.

When we got here, this foundation was as you see it.  As of today, there are two more in place.  There should be 5 more, but they ran into a supply chain issue.  The footings and the walls arrive on a truck.  I suppose they want to have these 32 units closed in before the snow flies.

A Michigan daredevil:  Gas can, Pipe and a beer...


These two signs were on the bike path. After some research I learned they are part of an art installation. The info about it is below the next photo.

Scott Froschauer, The Word on the Street, 2018

By using the materials and visual language of street signs, but replacing the traditional negative wording (Stop, Do Not Enter, Wrong Way…) with positive affirmations, “The Word on the Street” seeks to provide something that is missing from our daily visual diet. We have installed two pieces from the “Word on the Street” series along the Leelanau Trail, Interstate Now UROK and One Way Heart.

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