Suttons Bay Floatilla Update

1,750 kayaks and canoes showed up for the floatilla in Suttons Bay--just 200 shy of the World record--but I am happy to hear that organizers want to give it another go next year. Judging by how difficult it was to cross 22 as we left the marina, Suttons Bay was busy and busy is good news for our local businesses. Part of me cringes when "tourist season" hits our normally quiet peninsula, but part of me gets it and knows that without the yearly influx of visitors, Suttons Bay would be yet one more small town that falls apart at the seams.  And we don't want that ...

One of our favorite shots of the Suttons Bay Floatilla ...
loved the Goldfish with Jaws (or is that a smile?)

  

Suttons Bay Floatilla

El and I walked out to the end of the dock in Suttons Bay today to catch the Floatilla and see how many kayaks and canoes showed up to break the World Record. We got there just before 1:00, and at first glance, it didn't seem like there were that many boats on the water. Organizers were shooting for 2000.

I am not sure what the official count turned out to be, but when the flotilla broke up, the bay turned into a colorful confetti of boats scattering back toward their beaches.

The photo I took of El taking a photo

The photo El took

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