Mile 13122: Rendezvous in Grand Haven MI no longer supports wireless. The wooden Coast Guard ship moves up to Muskegon.

I guess there's no apparent money in providing free wireless in an all night restaurant. Maybe it encourages loitering by people who drink coffee and write papers. Starbucks has a business model to make it work as does Tim Horton's. I feel that a bait and switch has run, with my arriving to eat breakfast and write an essay and have the wireless unavailable for second or third night in a row. Already in back, plugs have been disabled, so the intention of the house seems to arrive by drift. In writing this, I feel the prissy asshole. I have a cellphone I can tether for access. I have wireless in my space. My memories of writing for hours, into the wee hours, are pleasant and I am sad I this is likely to cease, to be an unwelcomed activity. Otherwise, the Rendezvous is fairly Kafkaesque.

The early twentieth century Coast Guard lifeboat has transferred up to the Naval memorial in Muskegon. The plan is to display it on land and build a platform around it. Tourists and students will have the opportunity to stare down on its decks. I had a conversation tonight with a boat builder who offered to restore it, make it seaworthy and he was rebuffed. He was asked to put up his money or essentially shutup. It cost considerable money to move the rescue launch up to Muskegon, all city money according to Mlive. Now we have one more boat at the Naval museum that doesn't go anywhere and does not even float. The visitors are better of focussing on the stuff that builds skills, such as the underwater controllables with cameras, capable of discovering wrecks. One of these controllables discovered a wreck in Thunder Bay near Alpena this summer. I'm bearish on the Naval Memorial, but I love the programs that put the kids out on the water, sailing for real, most. The programs that build real skills are my favorites next to that. Going to see a defunct Coast Guard ship is as effective as taking young energetic kids to Lenin's Tomb. Refurbish it, put it in the water and schedule excursions. As for the gateway to Grand Haven, the Coast Guard officers association has leads on an aluminum ship, another boat about to give up the water. We can do better.