Tall Ship Extravagance
This year we visited Bay City Michigan for the Tall ship gathereing. It was not truly intentional we just happened to be in the area camping and saw all the billboards along the highway. So we figured, what an opportunity! We started the morning by heading to the beach at Saginaw Bay State Park where we were camping. From here you can see the ships under sail in the bay. They were pretty far out in the distance and only one had its sails up. (See previous post regarding lake wind conditions). After lunch at the camp site, we headed into Bay City for the grand show. The ships were suppose to come in between 1-4pm The Denis Sullivan was the first to arrive just before 2:00. We watched from the break wall as the crew masterfully brought the ship past us and along side the wall. This is one crew that has communication down to a science. Behind the Denis Sullivan came another blue hulled ship and docked ...