That’s how deep Gitchee Gumee gets somewhere north of Munising, which is just to the west of the Pictured Rocks.

The depth in our bay doesn’t go beyond 12-13 feet. Along our beach, there is a sandbar system. Two sandbars and it doesn’t get over your head until after the second sandbar. This makes it a very safe swimming beach, especially for little kids because you can tell them not to go beyond the second sandbar. Additionally there is an island right in the middle of our bay (not visible in this pic), which prevents undertows from forming. That’s what my dad believed and I think he was right. We are very strict about lifeguarding *anyway*.

The swimmer in the pic is one of my beach urchins, who drove up from The Planet Ann Arbor today. After the swim, a couple of her second cousins came down to the beach from the Old Cabin and we hung out talking until the MOE-skee-TOES were even bothering meeeeee a bit. I remember when these young men were very young and someone dubbed them the Boyz of Noiz. Not so much any more. Highly intelligent, successful, and thoughtful young men.

Other than that, a grock shop, toilet cleaning, and green bag garbage dump kind of day. Chores and errands. Everyone is taaaared and so g’night.

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