Beaver Island to Charlevoix

Beaver Island was the site of James Strange and his morman followers in the 1600s.  After one of his followers assasinated him the irish imigration moved in and are still the prevalant group on the island. 

We replaced the  natural beauty of Beaver Island by traveling to the sophisticated touristic beauty of Charlevoix.  We were unable to stay at the marina of our choice but still managed to enjoy the city and it's terrific art galleries.  We were amazed at the artistic stonework of the artist Earl Young.  His influence is evident throughout the area.  We enjoyed our lunch at the beautiful Weathervane resturant
which was designed by him and then we walked past a group of  houses that are known as the "mushroom" cottages which were also designed by him.  Earl Young is known as the Frank lloyd Wright of Michigan and we have seen enough to know that he was a genious.



Weathervane
resturant




The fireplace consisting of a few big stones 



Driftwood as a mantal

 The Mushroom houses

Stopsign!!



These little fish (Gobi?) arethreatening to destroy the great lakes fishery

 We will stay in Charlevoix for two days to wait for good wind conditions.  Our next stop will be the city of Leland Michigan