Saturday - It was supposed to be warm and sunny, but mostly cloudy skies.....Mark was up early and got Flo and Big Red out of storage and pulled up alongside the dock! He went to Coffee Express for coffees and muffins. We finished tidying up Catrina and Flo and then waited for our guests. They thought they would be arriving around noon, but texted and said closer to 1:20.
Mark picked up pulled pork nachos from the food truck downtown - great lunch!
Matt, Megan
and Kara arrived right at 1:20. So
good to see them and our 2nd time to be with Kara. They put their bags on Flo, we gave them a
quick tour of Catrina and Flo and they gave us a wonderful gift of Crumbl
Cookies which are a Columbus tradition.
WOW……very very good! Just a
little piece here and there is sooo satisfying and deeelicious!
Excellent cookies
And then we
were unhooking the water and electrical, untying lines and off we went for a
delightful afternoon on Catrina. We
cruised for a while (sooo many boats) and then anchored off the Port Clinton
beach (1st time to anchor all summer). We sat and yakked away, had drinks and snacks. Around 3:00, the VHF radio reported that a
jet ski with 3 passengers had hit a boat!
WHAT?????? All this water and
well, hard to understand, but obviously the driver was not focusing on where he
was going. Two of the passengers fell
into the water, but after calling the Coast Guard, they reported there were no
injuries and everyone appeared to be ok.
The boat that they hit was a charter fishing boat. They waited awhile for the Coast Guard to
arrive, but they never did (probably since there were no injuries, they didn’t
need to show up, file a report, etc.)?
A new experience for us – to hear a jet ski hits a boat and it happened
very near where we were! Eventually,
boat, jet ski with 3 passengers and another jet ski with 2 passengers
(traveling together) all went back into town.
We don’t think it’s legal to have 3 passengers, but then….not sure!
So that
provided a bit of excitement and certainly could've had a tragic outcome. We came back to our slip around 4:30. Decided it was time for some cards – Matt and
Kara love euchre (Megan had never played) – so very fun playing 5-handed with
me winning 2 games (that made it extra fun)!
Time to eat! We had asked the kids what they would like for
dinner and told them about our Friday night “Perch, Peach. Pierogi, and Polka” experience.
They thought that sounded like fun, so off we went walking downtown;
but, the lines for the carry out went on and on! Friday night we just walked up, paid, got
our food and good to go. They did not
want to wait in the long line, so we went across the street to McCarthy’s Irish
Pub which was very good, but we were all finished eating and Megan still had
not gotten her food! Arghhhh. The waitress kept apologizing – mix-up in
the kitchen? Finally Meg got her meal,
enjoyed it and it was on the house!
Walked back to the boat and time for more cards and dug into the
cookies. With all the fresh air, we were
all fading fast, but this round of 5-handed went S L O W, with finally Matt the winner and it was “good night” to all. We girls slept on Catrina while Matt and
Mark had a restful night on Flo.
Sunday - We all slept in this morning and these kiddos
are used to getting up EARLY with jobs (Kara teaches 3rd grade and
up at 5:15 every day). So, this was a
treat for them.
Had cherry
Kringle (Bassett’s carries several flavors) and fresh fruit for breakfast. They had never heard of this Danish pastry
from Racine, WI. We took one more
picture and Mark and I were off for 10:30 Mass and the troops headed back to
Columbus. We’ll see them again on
October 15th at their cousin’s wedding in Louisville. Sooo much fun and hope we can do it again
next summer!
Bye bye Megan, Matt and Kara
Thanks for coming!
After Mass
we came back and dug in for the last of our stuff off Catrina and onto
Flo. We’ve had new faucets for the
bathroom sink for several weeks but Mark delayed that project thinking if
something went wrong, we didn’t want to not have water when we had guests. So,
decided today/tomorrow he would get at this.
Of course, nothing exactly lined up with the old ones, so off to the
hardware store (2x).
It was a very
productive day and we are tired but it’s a good tired and tomorrow, just wrap up
a few more things before we put Catrina to rest for 9 months on Tuesday!
Love my new faucets
Mark ordered new electric bikes for us and had them shipped to Anne (should've done that with the truck bed cover)! The boys did some minor assembly and then enjoyed riding with Gibson close behind!
Boys bikes, Gibson
Hiking at Dawson Lake today with their buddies
We read Dick’s
blog (our neighbor at Cypress Trail) who had been at Kamp Komfort. He enjoyed his overnight stay and upon our
advice, went to Busy Corner for dinner.
LOVED the fried chicken, hash browns and salad + strawberry/rhubarb
pie. He really appreciated us telling
him about BC and makes us oh-so-ready for that place again!
I texted my Metarie, LA friend, Jackie to see how they were doing.....they've been staying at various places since Ida hit and not sure when they can go home as there is no electricity and it's sooo hot. They are currently staying at a condo in Gulf Shores, AL.
Zoom tonight with just 7 siblings (missing Theresa, Doris, Joan, Janet and Nancy). Everyone is busy these days with school, planning a shower/wedding, hitting a deer ($6,000 damage for Tom H), high school reunions, etc. etc.
Enjoy your Labor Day and the week ahead!
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