For those that don't know us, we are Ray and Deb Blake from Grand Ledge Mi.. Ray retired in November and Deb continues to work. We have boated out of White Lake Michigan for the past 20 years. We have talked about doing the loop many years and now that day has arrived.
We left Ellenwood Landing Sunday morning June 14 at 7:20am and passed under the Mackinaw bridge that afternoon at 4:17. We had topped off with fuel before we left so we wanted to do a mileage check. We called around for diesel fuel prices near the bridge, they were all the same, $2.79gal. We topped off at Sheplers, 335 gal. I know we were 20 gallons shy of being full when we left, so doing the math we got .69mpg. Or 35 gallons an hour at cruise speed, approx 22knots.
After fueling at Shepler's, we continued on to our destination, arriving Duncan Bay at 5:30. Ken and Brenda Nye from Ellenwood offered their slip here for our first stop.
And what a nice stop it is. Very nice,very quiet. It's Thursday and the weather has been very nice for me, 65-72 and mostly sunny. Deb told me when we left she would like to hunker down for a couple days to get caught up on work, so we have. I'm not sure what day we will leave, but the next stop will be Detour.
This is my first attempt to blog so bear with me, hopefully I will improve.
Regards,
Ray
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