General:
Up at about 6, showered & down to diner by 7 for breakfast. Out to dock at 7.45 to deliver the kayaks for loading. Then hung around until boarding the Ranger III for the trip back to Houghton. The day started with beautiful weather, but the forecast was for thunderstorms in the afternoon. Spent quite a bit of time on the boat together discussing a reading that Steve provided that looked at many aspects of a boating tragedy that occurred some years ago. There was much to discuss with respect to leadership, belief, evangelism, preparedness, commitment to survive, and more. Spent some time playing blackjack, watching a film and reading. About 30 minutes before we reached the Houghton breakwater the captain came on the PA to indicate a severe storm with 40 to 50 mph winds ahead was going to keep us out in deep water a bit as he didn't want to get into the narrow channel to Houghton without maneuvering room in such winds. It was a little exciting, but eventually the wind turned favorably for the captain to bring us in. We arrived at the dock only about 30 minutes late. One last hitch, the car battery was dead. A helpful NPS employee came & gave us a jump and off we went.
Lots of rain as we pulled out. As we got to about Amasa, Sean discovered one of the windshield wipers was about to break off....not good with expected storms. Backtracked a bit to a service/convenience store where we found a reasonable replacement wiper. On the way home we passed through at least 4 major storm fronts...and I mean major. The lightning show was terrible & wonderful. Visibility was severely impaired a few times & we were driving at 40 mph or below. Stopped for burgers then gas, then finally home about 10.30 pm.
Lots of rain as we pulled out. As we got to about Amasa, Sean discovered one of the windshield wipers was about to break off....not good with expected storms. Backtracked a bit to a service/convenience store where we found a reasonable replacement wiper. On the way home we passed through at least 4 major storm fronts...and I mean major. The lightning show was terrible & wonderful. Visibility was severely impaired a few times & we were driving at 40 mph or below. Stopped for burgers then gas, then finally home about 10.30 pm.
Dan:
I was driving, and it was exciting. There were many times when lightning flashes in front of me and simultaneously in my peripheral vision, seemed like flashbulbs going off at a news conference. It was at times difficult to keep the cars in front of me in view since the light was flashing bright, then suddenly dark. Crazy.
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