Beautiful day in northern Ohio. The mayflies were everywhere and not just on boats - windows, buildings, cars, signs, etc. Mark hosed down Catrina but they keep coming back!
We had breakfast, exercised, stowed stuff on Catrina, put car in storage with Flo and Big Red and prepared for our little jaunt to Middle Bass Island. We made the 10:30 bridge and had just gone a short ways on the lake when I got a phone call from Kroger that my Rx (2) were ready. Arghhhhh.....we had totally forgotten about them especially since we dropped them off last Sunday - what took so long? So....we turned around, went back (11:00 bridge), tied up Catrina at marina, got in the car and off to Kroger. Mark picked my meds up while I got a few other things and then back to marina, put car away, hopped on Catrina, made the noon bridge and on our way!!! We arrived at Middle Bass at 1, settled in and walked to J.F. Walleye's for lunch (I had an orange oasis; Mark, a beer and we shared walleye bites and cheese curds - probably not the healthiest of lunches, but sure darn good!)
AND.....no mayflies here on Middle Bass! I was talking to a guy who said they were really bad in Toledo (40 miles away) and even showed up on radar!
After lunch, we hung out on Catrina and took naps, read and enjoyed a nice quiet Friday afternoon.
This trailer was delivered to the parking lot a few days ago - a new building will be going up here for more boat storage and workers will hang out here.
The building where Flo and Big Red are stored has 3 very tall doors and this one (under light) was really covered. These bugs love the nighttime "lights" so anything that is near really gets it!
HUGE hostas at J.F. Walleyes
With all the rain, the Portage River flowing into Lake Erie was dark and dirty till we
finally got into the pretty clear stuff.
Tom got a good report today from his eye surgeon, but 2 more weeks with his head down. Tom's wife Beth got a good report from Cleveland Clinic and had multiple trigger injections to hopefully bring back blood flow in painful areas (back/neck/shoulder)./
Mike Kagan (Janet's hubby) had knee replacement today so he and Janet are recovering together with their daughter Colleen as caregiver. Janet is on prednisone now so hoping that will help with her sciatica pain.
There are 17 boats here on A dock tonight and a several of them are friends together for the weekend having docktails and appetizers. Sure brings back memories of us doing that with our Mid Illini friends in Racine.
Last Friday when we arrived here, the big yellow sign said gas price was $6.50 and today sign says $7.59. OUCH!
We got out our Canadian flag, passports, proof of vaccinations and correct amount of alcohol onboard so Canada....here we come!
We did remove some wine and other liquor bottles today (transferred from Catrina to car) as we had read about the maximum # of bottles allowed coming into Canada. Dennis at the marina told us a friend of his was given an $800 fine for being over the limit. YIKES....
Threat of rain early evening but just a few sprinkles. This is a state park and so nicely maintained - really like coming here. Another good walk....
Have a wonderful weekend!
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