Lake Michigan

This is a time when pictures can speak completely for themselves: D
The Raftell family is "crewing" on Ambika and everyone has a responsibility to fulfill on board. But in between the obligatations there is time to fish (Alexandra) swim, play card games, beach volleyball competitions, ice cream eating, dinghy riding.....
We have visited Beaver Island (but never saw why it's called that), which is the largest island in Lake Michigan, where a horrible story has taken place in the old days; The leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) settled with his "herd" on the island in 1842 to avoid persecution. The leader, Joseph Scott, appointed in 1850 to King for his island kingdom, where the cermonin contained everything as in old tales; crown, mantle and all. He ruled his kingdom with iron hand. He eventually had a significant power position in the state of Michigan and when he was established (on Beaver Island), he proclaimed a polygam and acquired five (5) wives. and got 14 children ... But the hand became too hard and when he demanded that the women go dressed in a certain way, and two refused to follow the orders, he issued a jail sentence for their husbands. These two men shot him later in the back and he died of the injuries in 1856. The two men were taken to Mackinac Island and were never punished.
From Beaver Island, located at the top of northern Lake Michigan, we continued southwards to the mainland under the longest suspension bridge in the western hemisphere. We had a rolling day on the lake, with 4 feet side waves, but who cares when playing "Chicago"!!!!












Vilka fantastiska barn jag ser! Förstår att ni har såå himla roligt. Kramar till er alla.