Monday - August 12

We had an interesting day.....breakfast was eggs/ham/toast, Mark went for a walk, we put our big ball fenders (4) away as we won't be doing locks for awhile.    And then at 12:30 we got a ride to Rice Creek (via Uber) and spent the afternoon helping George and Jane Brewerton friends, along with their son, David, Daughter-in-law, Autumn, and daughter, Hazel from DC who were visiting.    Dorothy and Roger (friends of Jane and George) came too. 

So....I mentioned that these folks are into bringing back the white oak tree and along with the SUNY  research at Rice Creek (we met Professor Kamal Mohamed), today was the day to transplant the baby trees (planted 6 months ago as acorns) into bigger pots.    We did 200 of them and it was a sweaty, hot, dirty job, but so happy we could help out (Mark did not do any lifting, shoveling, potting, etc.) .     We spent 2 1/2 hours and now the trees can have much more room to grow before they are given a good home.

We took Uber back to Catrina and after showers and cold beverages, we were revived!      Here's some pics from our afternoon.

 Year-round facility offering opportunities for field biological and earth science

teaching and research.

 George and Jane with some of their transplants

Working away under the pavilion

 Jane, Autumn, Hazel, David, George

Sweet Hazel and her froggie friend.

Hazel is going to kindergarten in a few weeks 

Two big Dufour sailboats (41' and 50') - friends....came in on either side of us tonight from Canada.

Supper was sweet corn and pork BBQ sliders.

We plan to leave early in the morning and cross Lake Ontario - supposed to rain, but calm seas!