--The Glorious Fourth, Part II
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| Howard and Carol aboard the Windsome |
Here on the coast of Michigan, we sit on what is very nearly the farthest western edge of the Eastern time zone. This means that throughout the summer, especially now, so soon after solstice, you think of this season more as daylight spending time. You can play tennis an hour longer, struggle with your preschooler over bedtime an hour longer, wait to gaze at the full moon an hour longer. You also wait an hour longer to see fireworks. Many of last night’s local shows didn’t start till 10 p.m.
So what to do while waiting? Our wonderful friends Bev and Mike came up with the perfect solution: an early evening cruise into the Big Lake and back around Macatawa. From onboard, we marveled at the huge crowds on Ottawa Beach, critiqued the architecture along Big Bay and the Narrows, tried to guess where the loudest firecrackers were coming from.
What a great, unexpected place to find ourselves on the Fourth of July. Did I ever think I'd spend this holiday in a sailboat? Not in a million years. So it's okay to treasure those long ago hometown Fourths in the country, but a Fourth on the water can be pretty darn glorious, too.
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