May 22

Beautiful day - all blue skies and 85!    Mark did some jobs on Catrina and I did a little shopping in downtown Grand Rivers (neat shops including the "Pink Tractor".)
Cute girlie boutique
The old waterwheel (gristmill) at Patti's Settlement

We took Catrina out on the lake and it was sooo nice and good to be back on the water along with so many others - there were fishing boats, ski boats, pontoons, sailboats, houseboats, big yachts, jet skies, etc.   Everyone out and about this first really perfect day to start the season!    We anchored out, had lunch, took a nap, read and then just leisurely cruised back to Green Turtle Marina.

There are several boats here that along with their owners, want to head north, but have been delayed cause of the river levels.   We had a nice chat with Brian and Jackie from Minnesota who've been "stranded" here for almost 2 weeks

Catrina nestled in among the bigger yachts

We had a nice dinner (including hot chocolate lava cake w/ice cream) at the Commonwealth Yacht Club and then took a long walk attempting to "walk off" all those calories?

Mark is hoping to leave later next week and wonders if anyone out there would like to crew with him on Catrina????   We're really sorry it didn't work out for our friend, Mark from NC to be part of this leg of the journey - all the rain has really botched up everyone's plans!!!

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