Cederville RV Park and Resort, Cedarville, Michigan
From one man He made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. Acts 17:26
Kayaking around here is a bit tricky. The day seems to begin with calm waters and then a slight breeze blows all day and things get a bit choppy. In addition, there are a lot of boats zooming around creating waves. We decided our best option was to get out on the water early, but seven-thirty wasn’t early enough. There were still boats all around, but they were far enough away that they didn’t cause any problems, just some additional fun for us! 😊
The plan was to paddle around the island across from us.
That’s where we’re headed.
There’s the campground.
We didn’t make it. Not even close. It was a really big island. Blaine managed to pull up Google maps and discovered that although we’d been on the water for a little over an hour, we’d only managed to go about 1/5 of the way. In addition, the boat traffic was picking up, and so was the breeze, although the breeze was welcome and really not an issue.
A pontoon boat just went by.
Wheee!
This house is for sale, if you’re looking for a place.
We liked their yard for some reason. I think it’s the rocks. : )
That’s a biggun!
We turned around. The lighting was better that way anyway. We didn’t have to paddle with our eyes closed because of the sun. 😊
I’m not sure why the owl is here. It certainly wasn’t scaring away the seagulls. : )
Not sure what this is. I’m gonna say sauna.
What do you think?
Later in the afternoon, we took in two free museums in town – the Maritime and the local History. The Maritime is the one we visited the other day and took pictures of the yard. We were so surprised to discover how huge this place was inside! And very interesting. It’s not a typical maritime. They house local (mostly) antique boats and local information.
“What fashionable swimmers were wearing around 1920”
Blaine and his two brothers!
Just kidding!
“Lakeside Dock, Coryell Island. Middle swimmer – J. Sherman Coryell”
I don’t know about you, but I never dressed like that for a picnic. . . .
This boathouse is the building we’re in now.
After this, it was moved and used as an ice house, and now it’s a museum. Talk about repurposing!
This model was made out of cedar in 1925. The son who was lucky enough to receive it from his father donated it to the museum.
They even have a library.
A handmade anchor from the late 1800’s
A lifejacket collection dating from 1940 – 1980.
This one’s called a “Mae West”. It has valves you have to blow up.
During World War II, Allied soldiers called their inflatable life jackets “Mae Wests” in honor of her hourglass figure. Okay then . . . . : )
By the way, I got that tidbit from Britannica.
Chris-Craft has been a popular and quality-made wooden boat building company. Chris Smith built his first boat when he was 13, in 1874. Demand was high and he and his brother went to boat building full-time. In 1910, a company was formed. They’re still a booming business.
They actually have a boat building workshop in here!
See next picture for an explanation. : )
This brown one was built in 1895. I don’t know about the blue one.
There was an entire room of engines. Just engines.
This was the oldest one I saw – 1915.
We’re in the duck hunting section now. Hahaha!
My wonderful boy of a husband is always good for a laugh or two. : )
The sign in the duck hunting boat to follow.
I didn’t realize you needed a special boat to hunt ducks. My grandfather used dogs. : )
Do you use this before or after you’re depressed?
We thought this story was interesting.
This is a picture of when they moved it from a boat house to an ice house.
This is it’s new location at an intersection in the early 1940’s.
Here’s the ice house!
The History Museum was also interesting, and again, we were surprised. You know . . . it was free . . . and in a small town . . .
Beautiful door!
But they did a nice job and the woman working/volunteering greeted us kindly with a bit of information and then let us look on our own.
Those framed posters are ads for Liberty Bonds from WWI. They’re original!
We didn’t think we’ve ever heard that the Scouts sold them, so that was interesting.
These K-rations were made by the Kellogg company.
Know nothing about this man other than he walked around barefoot all the time. : )
She popped back out for a minute and showed us pictures of her ancestors and told us about them coming to America. She also told us that the Les Chaneaux Islands are comprised of 35 islands of various sizes, and only two have roads. One is called government island and has some primitive camping on it. The rest have cottages and the only transportation is by boat. Well, that explains all the boat traffic! Including pontoons that fly through the water leaving wakes! I didn’t even know pontoon boats could go that fast. 😊
We don’t even know what some of these things are, but I’ll bet everyone who lives up here does! : )
We’ve never seen an original pay phone before.
I’m sorry my picture’s crooked.
What’s up with all the washers in the museums around here?
This one’s a Horton used in an island cottage in the early 1900’s.
These wooden chairs were personally made in the 1930’s for a home here.
An ad for the new party line. : )
The two Victrola’s they had were in fantastic condition!
Pretty cool!
It’s always nice to see communities taking pride in their history. We are grateful for those called to do so.