Sunny start to the day; however, we are trapped with all the debris floating across the width of the Ashtabula, OH. Who would've thought??? Mark was up early and walked to the bridge. He and several fishermen (moaning, groaning and frustrated) were checking out conditions but for now....not going anywhere!!! Mark went to Harbor Perk and brought back a latte for me! He is the BEST!!!!!!!
So, on this nice Saturday morning with clear blue skies and calm conditions on the lake, we sit here and wait till there's a clearing OR just hang it up and stay over till Monday (rain in forecast all day tomorrow).
We left the dock before 9 to check out the situation seeing many fishermen tied up or also checking it out and then returning. Sure felt for these guys who have charter boats and reservations to take guys out for the day. Even though the 9:00 bridge lifted, we were not going anywhere, so tied up at the yacht club and did a pump out. Waited some more and then 4 guys on a pontoon came along with boat hooks and went thru making a path and clearing the way. We then followed a small fishing boat and although there was plenty of debris, it wasn't totally solid and my Captain just plowed on thru with me on the bow with the boat hook. It didn't take long till we were past all the crud and then a little further, we were at the mouth of the river and onto the lake! ALLELUIA!!!! A first for us and hope to never see that again. It was a chilly ride and we were wearing our fleece jacket and heavier coat.
53 miles later we were off the lake, past Presique Isle State Park and getting fuel at the Erie Yacht Club. Tied up along the wall at Wolverine Marina where we were 6 weeks ago and where we first met Beeb and Frank on "Phoenix". We've both covered alot of miles since and in the past few days, Beeb and Frank met up with our friends, Paul and Kathy on "Katapault" on Drummond Island.
It was around 2ish when we arrived, checked in at the office and then time for lunch so walked to The Cove where we ate last visit - such a pretty day to dine outdoors and of course, "off" the water, very pleasant. Last time we were here they had a sign apologizing for any delays as they were short handed and please be patient. Today the sign said "Due to delivery issues, we are out of fried pickles, giant twists (pretzels), Coors and Coors Lite. Mark had a burger (- pickles) and I had a lobster salad sandwich on a croissant - both very good and had leftovers.
We walked 20 minutes to St. Patrick's for 5:00 Mass (we were at this beautiful church 6 weeks ago tonight) with Monsignor Henry Kriegel. Just a 35-minute Mass but good homily and the same guy who sang the Our Father (night before Father's Day) was also the cantor tonight and ended Mass with the Irish Blessing!!! Wow! That was sung at Patrick's funeral - always gets to me!
Back to Catrina - such a pretty evening and this transient marina is almost full tonight with just 3 empty slips. There were 3 main reasons we wanted to return to Erie (as far east as we plan to go) on the weekend. It's close to church, has a nice laundry here at marina and we are just across from Presque Isle State Park which we did not visit by boat last time but want to do some hiking/biking. We shall see what the weather brings in the next few days. Rain is in the forecast for tomorrow.
Bye bye July!!!
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