Tuesday - September 2

 Beautiful day for lifting Catrina out of the water and that happened at 9.   I left at 8:30, stopped at Coffee Express for last coffee (a freebie) of the season.   Mark got Catrina all tucked away for the winter along with the great folks at Superior Marine.

It was a 2.5 hour trip for me to Shipshewana but I made another stop at RecPro in Bristol, IN.   We are thinking of changing out our sofa on Flo for  2 recliners.    This place has a showroom of various pieces of furniture for RV's and I could sit in the chair....Mark will go check the place out tomorrow.  

  I arrived in Shipshewana about 20 minutes before brother Bob, Linda, cousin Dick and Mary.   We went to Jo Jo's Pretzels for light lunch and then we girls started the shopping....the town is all decked out for fall - just gorgeous!

Mark arrived at the Shipshewana South Park Campground and got Flo settled.   He called me and Bob and I picked him up around 3.   It's just 4/10 of a mile from their hotel.

The patient guys waiting for the gals while we shopped

Dick and Mary with a favorite of Dick's who grew up raising holstein cattle

Bob, Linda, Mary, Dick

We had a wonderful Amish dinner at the Blue Gate Restaurant - sooo much yummy comfort food!    Went back to their hotel and sat on the patio on this gorgeous evening with a nearby fire going and played SkyJo with Dick, the big winner (I was the big loser)!

Mark and I are now on Flo - big day but lots of fun and laughs!

Today was Luke and Maeve's 1st day of their new school year...have a fun and successful year!

4th grade

7th grade

Labor Day - 2025

 Today we honor the contributions of American workers and celebrate the unofficial end of summer!

WELCOME to SEPTEMBER!

What beautiful weather for Labor Day Weekend - perfect each and every day!

Our last day here at Superior Marine was busy but productive.....we moved Catrina to the wall near lift out well so Mark could clean both hulls and then use dinghy to go between the hulls.

I washed both Ruby and Big Red.    Sad to say good bye to our friends, Donna and Bob, Teri and Dennis.

Pat and Donna

Pat, Teri, Dennis

We sure will miss these folks but I'll be with my boat sisters (+ Chris) in March when they come to Fort Myers.

Catrina is ready to be lifted out tomorrow at 9.   And then we're off with Flo to Shipshewana, IN for a few days!

So, our boating season ends but sure was a fun one!    Once again, we are all alone here tonight at Superior Marine - the holiday weekend boaters have all left.   Most of these folks live in Ohio so planning to boat in September thru October.    

Here's to a great week ahead...