In my experience, the life-lesson of learning not to overstay your welcome is an important one. You have to be able to distinguish between what might be a friendly joke about your presence and a subtle hint for you to leave. And in this vein, while Lake Michigan was very welcoming at first, it got sick of us and flat out asked us to leave. But make no mistake, Lake Michigan is beautiful, huge, and has lots of great towns.
6 responses to “Oct 1: Uncle Michigan”
Thanks for sharing! (a video that did not encompass geno, I mean, aracnocide.) May Chicago be less violent…
One must be cautious about compounding problems, but perhaps some consideration should be given to introducing frogs, lizards or toads to the onboard crew as a means to control the spiders.
At this point in the trip, I have a zero-tolerance policy to all nonhuman life on our boat. People don’t even walk their dogs past us if we are tied up.
It almost takes a sixth sense sometimes to know when you’ve overstayed your welcome. I saw no concrete evidence that Uncle Michigan was looking for you to move on, but having spent some time in your company and with recreational boaters in general, I agree it’s probably a safe assumption. An alternative spin for those less comfortable with this type of candid self reflection would be – always leave them wanting more.
Oh to the contrary, as I type this(Oct 17), Lake Michigan has 14 ft waves. And it is trying to kill all remaining boaters. We got out just in time. Just like Leonardo DiCaprio in the bending of The Beach, (which I recommend to all my viewers.)
Thank you, Capt’n Dan, for sharing the midwest moments. Gorgeous sunsets, too.