Sunday - June 7

 Beautiful day for traveling.....we all slept well in Wytheville and after breakfast in the hotel dining room, we were on the road by 9.

Arrived at Lake James before noon and Brady helped bring all our stuff in.    Had lunch and I started the wash.   He had a good week - house looked great!  😀

Brady left to mow a lawn, Grandpa and I took a power nap and then he left with Blair around 2 for Morganton and her gymnastic practice.

Liam finished his olympic triathlon today in Buffalo, Minnesota.    AWESOME!

Mark picked Blair up at 5 and on home.    Brady and I went to the camp to bring home pizzas for supper.    Went to online mass at Immaculate Conception with Father Jonathan.     He is celebrating the 40th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood this weekend.    Congratulations to Father Jonathan!

Zoom tonight had 7 siblings with a variety of topics.    Several of the family are at McCormick's Creek in Spencer, IN for 1-2 weeks.

Have a great week ahead and stay COOL and DRY !!!

Saturday - June 6

 Mark and I went for a walk and said good bye to Bob and Donna.   We probably won't see them till August when we return from our Lake Michigan.trip.   

Bob and Donna

Boat sisters

Pat and Donna

A long day of travel - we got Ruby loaded up with all our stuff as the first drops of rain were coming down.    Mark dropped we girls off at Coffee Express and went to get gas.    Busy busy place for coffee and other goodies, but Blair and I got our lattes (her 3rd and final "Butter Bliss")    And away we went as the rain came down.   

Mark drove thru the brunt of all the heavy rain about 30 miles shy of going from far north to far south of state of Ohio.    We had lunch in Canton and ate in the car - pouring down, along with thunder and lightning.    Blair had wanted to stop at "Raising Cane's".    There were none in the areas we were (around Port Clinton) but this was close to the interstate, so.....1st-time visit for all of us.    They only serve chicken fingers, but we enjoyed our lunch and then back on the road.    I drove for 2 hours - no rain!     REALLY appreciate Mark dealing with the heavy downpours.    Rest of the afternoon was nice and sunny!

1st time for Blair and us

A favorite of Liam and Connor

We had good chats with Liam and Connor today - Liam told us all about his 1st week at his internship in MN, the nice family he's living with this summer and all the great recreational areas close by for his running, biking and swimming.

Congratulations Connor - #1 in his age group

Connor did a sprint triathlon today and Anne was there to cheer him on.    He placed 1st in his age group and 16th overall.   Awesome!!!    Tomorrow, Liam is doing an Olympic triathlon.

 Tonight we are in Wytheville, VA and had a yummy dinner at a Chinese restaurant just behind our hotel.     Plenty of leftovers.

Long day but only 2 hrs. 20 minutes to Lake James tomorrow!!!

Friday - June 5

 Hot and sunny and very windy.    We left and opened the 10:00 bridge and headed to Kelley's Island (1 hour) and docked at Seaway Marina.    We rented a golf cart and 1st stop was the glacial grooves which are amazing and all started millions of years ago.

Glacial grooves

Then to lunch at West Bay - good meals and nice sitting outside on the porch.

Here we are...

Blair in the big chair

We continued our golf cart ride after lunch and then did some shopping (browsing - no purchases).

Back to Catrina and on home - a little rougher than coming over this morning but not too bad - winds are strong!!!

What a surprise to find out that Donna had arrived on "So Blessed" - big hugs and she came aboard Catrina for a great visit.    Bob is at a wedding tonight - Donna's back said "NO" to driving 2 hours and then sitting thru wedding and reception.    Sure feel for her and all the pain.

Tomorrow we start the familiar route back to North Carolina taking Blair home but will do it over 2 days.    We sure have had fun this week!    

Enjoy your weekend!

  

Thursday - June 4

Another fun day with Blair and checked off some things on our "to do" list.    Mark got coffees for us and Blair slept in till 10:30.   I left for my mammogram at Magruder Hospital.   I stopped at Coffee Express for an iced "Butter Bliss" latte, a Blair favorite (she is Blair Bliss Chamberlain)!!!

We ran some errands after lunch - WalMart, Cheese Haven and Toft's for ice cream.   On home and got Catrina ready for her 1st voyage of 2026.    Just a short little ride going under the 3:00 bridge and returning for the 4:00 bridge opening.    What a pretty day to be on the water!

A favorite......Lake Erie Island Monster Cookie

Captain Blair

We had salads for supper and then got the good news that the guy who was interested in "So Blessed" backed out of the deal.....Donna is ecstatic as are her sisters!!!!    How quickly things can change!!!    Unfortunately, Donna is having severe back pain which is ongoing - she had an MRI yesterday and praying for the best.

Our river cruising kiddos are having a great time and currently in Austria.

Blair did her stretching exercises and we called it a day!

 

Wednesday - June 3

  Another beautiful day in Port Clinton.    

Happy Birthday wishes to our niece, Jennifer and nephew, Eric (the big "50")!

This is Blair, And I'm doing the rest of the Blog for today!

I Made Grandma and I some smoothies to start out our day, grandma said "it was wonderful, delicious, all of the above." I'm even more ready for dinner  tonight, I'm cooking. The menu is all ready!

We got all ready to go to walmart to get the rest of the goods, and be ready for food during the week.  Then we went to the tackle box for lunch and had a great meal.

Me and the Simpsons

Truck on a pontoon?

  We got home and did puzzles, reading and took bikes into the shed. Of course we all had to take a nap after half of the day went by. 

At 6:00 we got ready to eat at Blair's Diner - best in town😊   It was a great day in Port Clinton,  Can't wait to do the blog again.