Saugatuck Venetian Boat Parade

Saturday night after a day swimming and climbing the Lake Michigan sand dunes we decided to go down to Saugatuck to see the boat parade.  Around 9:15 PM boaters following a theme, this years was Super Heros, decorate their boats.  The fun part is the lights that adorn them.  From what we could tell extra generators are used to power all the lights and MEGA stereo systems.  The pictures are a bit hard to see as we had a 13 year old taking them for us and it was dark...had to push the pics so you can really see the lights!  A great time again in the Kalamazoo River.

The ride back was so nice, glass water, color from the long ago sunset and millions of stars!  The big dipper and north star prominent as always.  We gazed up till our necks hurt trying to find a shooting star.  My 13 year old has never seen one.  Right before we docked I saw one, but still the kids missed it.  We will try again this week as August is a great time to see them.  Also going to research stars today so we can identify more constellations!

Oh yeah, we think the boat in the first picture probably won!

Blue skies and calm water,

Tracy

2 die when sailboat capsizes during Mackinac race: 'A hell of a night'

This is tragic. Our prayers to the families. A pit in my stomach.

2 die when sailboat capsizes during Mackinac race: 'A hell of a night'

These were experienced sailors.

Blue skies and calm waters, Tracy