Warm Wednesday....Mark checked oil in the engines and generator and I did a bit of housekeeping. I walked to "Grounded" for a coffee fix.
Darn...darn...darn!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Mayflies have arrived here in Midland!!! And in July no less! Crazy. We first noticed them last night at The Boathouse; Catrina had a bunch later last night but this morning they were gone? There are still a few here and there (they love the light)! A very large ADM facility is located near the marina and part of the pretty mural we saw coming in yesterday.
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At 10, we got the bikes off the boat and headed to the Simcoe Trail (Midland Town Trail) - wow....it was wonderful with wide, paved path along the water and past spectacular huge homes with flowers, flowers everywhere. Hard to take pics when riding a bike, but did stop for this! Great ride....
As we travel around to different marinas, it's unique how which one has something special or a nice feature we boaters really appreciate........the electrical pedestals are usually nasty with bugs, spider webs, etc., but here in Midland, a girl goes around with a broom and they are immaculate! South Bay Cove (SBC) had the nicest, cleanest restrooms (Canadians call them "washrooms"). So far, the nicest shipstore was South Bay Cove or Algonac, MI.
I walked downtown to check out the shops - some very nice home decor/gift stores, a cute hot dog place called "Let Me Be Frank", the grocery store is called "No Frills", and an upscale shop of furniture/gifts was called "Saturday Afternoon" (we remember when "Tuesday Morning" was a popular store)! 😅 Elegant Gourmet has coffee, ice cream and all kinds of homemade chocolates, candies, fudge AND....butter tarts which is what I wanted. They had a nice selection all made right there instore. We first learned about these yummy decadent goodies many years ago while boating up here in Canada and our friend, John Bair told us about them. So, when in Canada.this is a must. I had a nice chat with the owner who said they are strictly an "Ontario" thing and Midland hosts a "Butter Tart" festival the 2nd Saturday in June where butter tarts are prepared sooo many different ways - it's a one-day event and the festival brings in over 200,000 visitors and thousands of butter tarts are enjoyed!
Back to Catrina. Mark had taken his bike and went to the bank.
We went for an early dinner at Dillon's for wood-fired pizza and wine! Cute little place on King Street - the main drag of Midland. Thought we were going to get some rain, but passed south of us. Another nice evening.
So sorry to hear that 2 of our residents at Cypress Trail passed away recently. RIP Lenny and Kenny.
Correction from last night's sculpture which I misidentified as a flying goose, Silly me. It's a...
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