Lazy Day

Thursday, May 28, 2009 7:30 pm

Lazy day in Port Sanilac. Serious fog most of the morning, with clouds and rain all afternoon. Rearranged the locker, napped, walked around, napped, ate, surfed – tough day.

Port Sanilac is a beautiful little harbor. There is an underwater preserve offshore with numerous wrecks for divers. The town boasts the oldest continually operated hardware store in Michigan (since 1850). The town is neat and clean and dying. Too bad – this is such a pretty area. Lots of old houses that people have tried to make into B&Bs. Most have for sale signs in front. Overheard some locals in Mary’s Diner at breakfast; they were ruminating about the lack of work to attract younger people to the town.

Port Sanilac is trying to make it on tourism. There’s a dive shop, a sailing school, several boat brokerages – but this is probably repeated ad infinitum all along the coast. Nothing to make it a “must visit” place. The town must have gotten money to spruce up their streets. They have wrought iron benches every hundred feet or so and nice brickwork with inlaid pictures of sailboats and lighthouses. Looks nice, but don’t know if it’s going to help.

Ziggy is picking me up tonight to take me to Walled Lake. Tomorrow is a big shopping day. We pick up Eve either Friday night or Saturday.