Thursday - August 13

 Cloudy and dreary day...Mark worked in the shed organizing his bins - I put more stuff away on Flo - we're getting there!   At 10:30 we left for Fremont (1/2 hour south).    First stop was The Tackle Box II for lunch - we shared the platter of pollack, onion rings and cole slaw - all delicious!    Then to Wal-Mart, Lowe's and Aldi and finally, our 1:00 appointment to have Ruby's tires rotated and oil changed.   On home for naps and a quiet afternoon.   

Anne said they had a doozy of a storm pass thru today - heavy rain and wind blew out screens on her porch, flooded the street, many trees down, no power, etc.   The storms around the Midwest have been unreal the past few days.    It was really sticky and humid this afternoon.

We walked after supper - not a leaf is stirring!   These pics are from a HUGE, GINORMOUS, tree trunk that floated into the marina while we were gone.    The marina guys had to use the travel lift to get it out - dandy piece of driftwood....ha!

Had to stand way back to get it all in!   Look down low.

Mark is behind to show how massive this is.   The yacht behind just sold for $3+m  and heading to Nantucket

Wednesday - August 12

Funky day - dreary, cool and humid with more rain coming....Mark was visiting with the marina guys and then suggested we get some coffee - YES, a good day for a hot drink!   We walked downtown to Coffee Express, got our coffees and walked back.

Working on the September/October calendar and planning get togethers with family/friends when we're back at KK.   Mark made some flight arrangements, too..........going to be a busy fall.

Rain started at 2.....heard that Port Clinton is now 2" above normal for rainfall.

We ran some errands in the afternoon - after the rain it really cooled off!

Tuesday - August 11

Heavy rain and a real lightning show last night around 12:30 and then this morning.    We've had 1 3/4" of rain the past 2 days.

 Defrosted Catrina's freezer and took more stuff off and then organized that stuff on Flo.    Claire and Kathy will stay on Catrina and Mark and I will sleep on Flo next week.

Mark got a haircut with Gina and I went to Coffee Express.   On home.    Very humid out and more storms could be coming - rain in the forecast for next several days.    We've now had over 2" in 2 days, but Michael said tonight they got 2" in 30 minutes at Lake James!!!!   😧

More rain around 4.    When it let up a bit, we went to Cabo Las Palmas for Mexican - popular place and our favorite here in Port Clinton - we even shared their fried ice cream....yummy!!!

Very good dessert!

Monday - August 10

 Stormy last night and this morning - nasty thunder, lightning, strong winds, hail and heavy rain (think that about covers it)!   😃    More storms were predicted around 9:30 but they ended up going south of us!   

Mark ran some errands and I started with the cleaning on Catrina preparing for my friends (Claire and Kathy) coming for a visit next week!

A retired heating/cooling guy (Denny) came to Catrina this morning to check our AC in the main salon.   Occasionally on our trip, we had it "freeze" up.   We would turn it off and let it "thaw" and then it worked fine.   So Dave (dockmaster) gave us Denny's name and he was in the area so able to come today - a little low on freon and gave it some general maintenance - we are good to go!!!

Naps after lunch and then 4 loads of laundry - nice visit with Barbara Ann who keeps our favorite laundromat spic 'n span!!!

I went to "So Blessed" to visit with Donna (boat sister) and her sister Kathy, who is visiting this week.    Lots to catch up on = much yakkin'  😉

Donna and Kathy

Catrina in the background

Sunday - August 9

 Sunny warm Sunday....after breakfast, we started removing more stuff from Catrina to put on Flo, Big Red or in the storage building.   Stuff, stuff, soo much stuff!

A very interesting statistic came out this week.....in the first 6 months of this year, over 200,000 new residents are making Florida their home applying for drivers' licenses.   WOW.....10,000+ are in Lee County (Fort Myers).

Nine on zoom tonight - Sharon is enjoying her new grandbaby, Warren; Theresa is dealing with her badly injured arm (can't have home-health care any longer cause she's too healthy); discussed Sister's Weekend the end of September; Joan asked for prayers (neighbor Josh is going to court tomorrow regarding a fatal auto accident);  Janet and Doris have enjoyed their grandchildren this summer but tired when they leave😉   Heavy rain in Dixon, Rockford and Chicago today - heading our way.

Have a great week ahead!