Tuesday - July 8

 We decided Catrina needed a good scrubbing, so.... got that job done before we left the dock to get fuel and a pump out at South Bay Cove.

And then we were on our way and cruised 13.4 miles to Midland where we were in 2007 and 2011.    We remember in 2007, having 3 sets of visitors starting with....

Annette and Philip - July 6

Drew and Davis - August 3

 

Friends, Kathy and Paul - August 5

Along the way we saw...

A very pretty place

An abandoned home on a rock

Very colorful catamaran (Katinsky) 

And this mural painted at the entrance to our marina

We arrived at the Town Docks at 12:30, and what a nice surprise to see "Grounded Coffee Co." very close by!   We got the electric set up, filled the water tank as they do not have water at each slip and then set off for the coffee shop.   Neat place with lots of yummy cookies/pastries which we enjoyed with our iced coffees.   I walked up King Street to the "Midland Queen Nail and Spa" - I made an appointment yesterday for 2:00.    Mark went back to Catrina, and rode his bike to WalMart (2 miles).    What a great experience for a mani/pedi.    This place is owned by a Mom, her 2 daughters, and son-in-law.    They all live in Barrie (45 minutes away) and opened this salon in February.   It was sooo clean and friendly!   I had Jean and sure enjoyed the pampering.

Mark met me afterwards and we walked to the ice cream shop near the marina (Dockside Sweets and Treats).   And then to Catrina where we took it EZ till time to eat...........the Boathouse Eatery is a very popular eatery here at the Town Docks.     They have a huge outside seating area with live music by the water - Mark had pulled pork tacos and I had nachos.   All good!

It was such a lovely evening - 71 and lots of people out and about strolling, eating ice cream, and checking out all the boats.   People are amazed to see we're from Fort Myers, so then we tell them our story (short version - Port Clinton, OH on Lake Erie is our summer home; Fort Myers is our winter home in an Airstream).   We enjoyed the music coming from the Boathouse Eatery sitting on Catrina's bridge.

Coffee

Goose in flight

metal sculpture

Ice cream