The weather Sunday was great - 1 - 2 ft waves from directly behind us so it was an easy ride to the Grand River (about 3 hours east of Cleveland). SO HOT though. We spend most of the afternoon at anchor inside the breakwall - took the dingy to shore and walked down to the lighthouse. (Note Steve's steadying sail - amazingly enough it really helped!)
Going to the lighhouse was one of those ideas that sounds much better than it was! Farther away than it looked, part of the walk
on sand and the rest on uneven though large sandstone blocks. Did I mention that it was HOT? The first 90 degree weather since June. We considered just staying at anchor but decided we definitely needed to be at a marina so we could turn on the air conditioner.
So we made our way to the Grand River Marina for the night. Left this morning after breakfast at Sammy's in Fairport Harbor and headed for Geneva State Park. Really nice place.
Passed the Perry nuclear power plant on the way - amazing how large these things are.
Geneva-on-the-lake is a small town and a throwback to the 5o's. Kind of like a street fair complete with funnel cakes! Sidewalk root beer stands, tatoo parlors - the works.
Made it back to the boat (it was only a 2 mile bike ride away) when we saw the predicted storm approaching. Mostly high winds, little rain and wild waves breaking over the marina entrance. When we rode into town the waves were non-existent.
Tomorrow will be a long ride to Erie, Pa. It's 50+ miles which translates to about 7 hours running time. I hear there is a casino there .......
The weather Sunday was great - 1 - 2 ft waves from directly behind us so it was an easy ride to the Grand River (about 3 hours east of Cleveland). SO HOT though. We spend most of the afternoon at anchor inside the breakwall - took the dingy to shore and walked down to the lighthouse. (Note Steve's steadying sail - amazingly enough it really helped!)
Going to the lighhouse was one of those ideas that sounds much better than it was! Farther away than it looked, part of the walk 
on sand and the rest on uneven though large sandstone blocks. Did I mention that it was HOT? The first 90 degree weather since June. We considered just staying at anchor but decided we definitely needed to be at a marina so we could turn on the air conditioner.
So we made our way to the Grand River Marina for the night. Left this morning after breakfast at Sammy's in Fairport Harbor and headed for Geneva State Park. Really nice place.
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