3: Alarm Bells!

 What a night! Not much sleep, even on this little lake. As we were winding down for the night, we watched a larger sailboat drag its anchor and collide with another boat. 

Our anchor dragged once, right before I was about to turn in. But we reset, watched for a while, and went back to bed. 

It was tough getting to sleep- the wedding across the lake was getting going. I finally fell asleep around 11:30pm. I woke up at 1:30am to the anchor alarm- we were dragging again, this time into the shallows. 

I got Chad up and we looked around for a bit at our options. We decided to move inland more, between two other boats. The wind was gusting between 20-25 mph, so it was difficult to hear Chad's directions. But the next time we dropped anchor, it held. 3rd time's the charm. 

We both sat up for a while to make sure we wouldn't drift. We watched another boat get lose and have to reset closer to shore, as well. I wondered what would happen if we just tied up at the gas dock until morning. 

Chad sent me below to get some sleep while he continued watching. It was definitely a nerve-wracking night. 

We slept in today and decided to go ashore for brunch. We had a great meal and mimosas at Birch & Maple. While eating, we got the call that the Municipal Marina has an opening for one night so we headed over to get set up. (My first time docking the boat!)

Though today was pretty calm, and tonight is supposed to be almost no wind, we are so glad to be docked. It's great to be able to sleep without any worries of getting lose....and have some WiFi to catch up on Master Chef.

It was an easy day of exploring Frankfort, taking a real shower, nap, and the taking the dinghy over to Elberta for dinner at the Cabbage Shed.

Tomorrow we plan to he'd up to the Manitou Islands off Sleeping Bear dunes. It's supposed to be light winds again but only 3 hours or so.

In the meantime, I'm downloading the GPS maps again and watching my favorite show!