Wednesday - June 5

Today started out so pretty and fresh after the rain.....with sunny skies and upper 60;s, we went for a long walk - felt so good (been really neglecting the exercise/walking, etc.)     As many times as we've been here at Oneida Shores, had never walked this pretty trail.

Very pleasant walk

We did some more packing of clothes (me) and stuff (Mark) and then at 11, we took off in Big Red on a little road trip.     Drove thru some of the towns we visited on Catrina last summer on the Oswego Canal.    And just like that, the nice day turned very wet!    We drove thru Phoenix (home of the Boat Brats who bring you food, supplies, newspaper, etc.).    Schools are still in session, so no kiddos at the marina.    Onto Fulton and then stopped in Oswego at Connection Point (books/gifts/little cafe) and had coffee/almond latte and shared rhubarb/blackberry pie - excellent.   Life is too short - "eat dessert first"!

So as we drove along, the rain finally tapered off and the sun came out for a little while.    Saw so many pretty flowering bushes....

Wildflowers

We arrived in Sodus Point on Lake Ontario.    We plan to leave Catrina here in July while we're gone 18 days.    Catrina will have a 500-hour check-up on her engines.    Well, despite many pics we've seen online about all the flooding on the lake, whew......being up close and personal was really something to see with oodles and oodles of sand bags trying to keep the water from coming into homes.   Sometimes successful....other times, not.   Here are a few pics:

 just one of many homes surrounded by sand bags

 temporary docks on top of submerged docks

 sand bags, so many sandbags and dock under water

Some of the marinas are closed.   Since Lake Ontario is where we had planned to spend the summer, Mark is now rethinking that plan and wait a few weeks till the waters recede.    No problem as we can return to some of our favorites on the Erie Canal.

We stopped in Weedsport for a late lunch/early dinner at Devaney's (a favorite by boat (1x and 2nd visit by land).    Their chipotle chicken quesadillas are sooo fabulous!    Mark had the haddock and it was excellent.

Came out of Devaney's and it was raining cats and dogs and all the way back to Flo (about 40 miles).     We returned at 6 - enjoyed this little getaway.    More rain overnight and then????? promise of 4 days of sunshine!     We saw a little bit of corn popped up but fields are so wet!