We woke up to a cloudy day; 70’s, but muggy.  Left Lapeer, MI at about 8:00 AM (yes the early start lasted just one day; Bob does not do mornings well).  It was a terrific ride straight across to Port Huron on the only road available in 1955 when my family moved from Lapeer to Port Huron.  Two lanes; small towns; very little traffic; no hurry.  Cool

In Port Huron we found the first of the lighthouses on the trip:  Fort Gratiot.  It was perhaps the nicest that we saw today.  See for yourself:

The we headed up Hwy 25 (the route we stayed on all day) to Port Sanilac.  It was about 40 miles; congested and slow at first, but it opened up soon enough with very little traffic.  This road runs all the way up the coast and around the Michigan thumb to Bay City.  Here is the Port Sanilac lighthouse (# 14 on the Lighthouses of Michigan map Andy brought on the trip).

Next was Harbor Beach up the road a ways:

Then came Pointe Aux Barques:

And finally Port Austin, which is hard to see over the break water, but it is there:

By the way–yes fans, it was time for the annual put-put golf match.  #@#$# it, Andy won by one stroke.  We will have to play again on this trip; this is not right!

And, by the way–we found this ancient covered bridge which had been transported from Plymouth Rock in the 1600’s by the Iroquois Indians.  That’s our story and we are sticking with it.

It was too hot; we were tired; we could not find the lighthouse that is supposed to be at the mouth of the Saginaw River in Bay City.  Found a motel instead.  “Good night, John Boy.”