Someone was looking out for them

[slonezp]

https://www.nwitimes.com/news/4-teens-rescued-on-lake-michigan-after-kayaking-goes-awry/article_d9dc76ca-33a8-5c7a-a05a-d37bed9d5c27.html

[Ski213]

No doubt. I’d imagine 7 miles out in Lake Michigan in an inflatable kayak can turn not ideal pretty quick. Glad it ended well. 

[slonezp]

4 hours ago, Ski213 said:

No doubt. I’d imagine 7 miles out in Lake Michigan in an inflatable kayak can turn not ideal pretty quick. Glad it ended well. 

If you've never been out on a large body of water, it's very intimidating if you don't have the right vessel to handle mother nature. I was a mile out on Lake Michigan a 26' ProLine walk around and was in fear for my life. I was heading in and misjudged the timing of the storm. Scariest mile of my life. 8-10ft waves in a small vessel sucks. Those kids are fortunate they are alive. 

[Ski213]

Never been on Lake Michigan. Used to go out on Erie with my grandpa though. He was careful about the weather and I’m sure we were fine, but there were a couple times it was pretty intimidating even in decent weather with a little wind. It’s been a long time ago but I remember him talking about how fast storms could form over the lake. I also

remember sitting at their kitchen table looking towards the lake watching blue skies turn to puffy clouds, turn to almost dark in what seemed like a matter of 20

minutes. I’d imagine Michigan is the same. Definitely something to be respected. I’d say that was one long mile for you. 

[schplurg]

The Coast Guard was looking out for them, that's for sure.

 

Nice to hear a good ending to one of these stories.

[12poundbass]

Those boys sure are lucky.