SOUTH HAVEN July 3-6

We went to South Haven with the Columbia Yacht Club Cruising Club, primarily to bid a fond adieu to our fellow cruisers from Chicago and to mark the first leg of our journey. We all stayed at the South Haven Municipal Marina. My hubby and I rated it five stars. While it doesn’t have a pump-out or fuel dock, it does have very clean showers, a laundry facility, picnic tables, grills, indoor clubhouse and a reasonable transient fee of $1.25/ft. The port of South Haven has all the necessary ingredients to make it the quintessential mid-American port town. The small yet strong, tight knit local community, had a July 4th parade and fireworks display that was so wholesome that I thought I somehow fell into a Norman Rockwell painting.
 The locals have

Looking out over the Black River along the bike path.

truly refined the art of pie making.  I’m talkin’ ‘bout a good flaky yet slightly doughy crust and a filling packed with fruit and secret ingredients like cinnamon and almond extract YUM!!!! There is a very beautiful and well groomed bike trail that winds through the woods along the Black River (duly named) where we happened upon Stephenson Farms for the freshest most delectable turnovers ever! Needless to say, we “forced” ourselves and a couple of friends, Beth and Mark, to get another bike ride in on the following day! Mark, being an avid pie aficionado, was speechless with joy while savoring his fresh out of the oven blueberry turnover. 

Wondrous journey to all,
Pam