Thursday - July 25

 More heavy rain around 11 last night and then another downpour at 6 AM!    Skies have been off and on with clouds and sun and 78 and very windy.

We had sausage, eggs and toast for breakfast and then took off in the courtesy car a bit early as our neighbors made a quick run to the hardware store and then heading to Oswego.    I dropped Mark off at the laundromat and I went on to get a manicure with Lanny - such a sweet lady!   Then to Wegman's - a trip to this gigantic grocery store is like a kid in a candy shop!    Wonderful.......as much as we love Publix, this is just a notch above.

We remember this laundromat from previous visits as being pretty nasty, but Tammy in the office said it was newly remodeled with all new machines, etc.   Wow....what a big difference, but $4 per wash....yikes!

I picked Mark up - he was just finishing folding the last of our clothes, put some gas in the car and back to EssKay.    We used our handy wagon to haul the clean clothes and groceries back to Catrina.    Put our stuff away, had lunch and took a nap!  😃

Mark took our big back bimini cover down so he can put the radar arch down as we'll be going thru some low bridges on the Erie Canal.   

When we were doing the Rideau and all our cruising times, one of our favorite and very important must haves is this red/green heavy plastic band which we change as the buoy colors change.    Sometimes we have red on the right (red, right, returning to sea) and green on the left and then again, that can change quickly per the charts.    Once we know which is the right way for the buoys we can quickly switch and it sits above the steering wheel.    We owe a huge round of thanks to our friend Bill G who gave us this idea many years ago and then Philip made it for us!!!

Buoy marker

Seward and Phoebe came over to visit - while Meg is in FL since her mother passed away a few weeks ago and Seward had been back home in CT.....so good to see him.   Then Karl and Mike came over for more visiting....1st time to meet these guys who keep their boats near Seward and Meg's here at EssKay.    We are all going to breakfast tomorrow at the R Diner.

Seward and Phoebe

Back to locks tomorrow...






 

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