Today is the first really off and on all day rain that we have had since leaving Cleveland in July - I think we have been following the good weather around as most of the rain has been at night.
So we made the most of the breaks inbetween the rain. Steve sanded and scrubbed the teak around the flybridge and I washed the screen/sunshades. It's amazing how many spiders and other assorted bugs call our boat their home! Not for long: we found the secret inside is to put dryer softener sheets around (like behind
the blinds, pictures, etc) where spiders would normally be found. Amazingly enough it works like a charm. For the outside we found a product called Spider Kilz that is supposed to also be great. We used to have a rule that as long as a spider stayed outside the cabin, it was ok. Only the rule-breakers got squashed. Now they are all fair game!
Steve finally purchased a New York State fishing license (on line of course) and had his pole in the water only a few minutes before catching a catfish! Fun to catch but back it went. Supposedly there are lots of different kinds of fish that would be worth catching - we'll see.
Off tomorrow rain or shine (it's actually supposed to be nice) and eastward to the next little town along the canal - although it looks like there may be a kayaking opportunity about 3 miles down the canal.
Just before sunset last night we saw a double rainbow (the outside one was very faint) - nice ending to the day :-)
Today is the first really off and on all day rain that we have had since leaving Cleveland in July - I think we have been following the good weather around as most of the rain has been at night.
So we made the most of the breaks inbetween the rain. Steve sanded and scrubbed the teak around the flybridge and I washed the screen/sunshades. It's amazing how many spiders and other assorted bugs call our boat their home! Not for long: we found the secret inside is to put dryer softener sheets around (like behind 
the blinds, pictures, etc) where spiders would normally be found. Amazingly enough it works like a charm. For the outside we found a product called Spider Kilz that is supposed to also be great. We used to have a rule that as long as a spider stayed outside the cabin, it was ok. Only the rule-breakers got squashed. Now they are all fair game!
Steve finally purchased a New York State fishing license (on line of course) and had his pole in the water only a few minutes before catching a catfish! Fun to catch but back it went. Supposedly there are lots of different kinds of fish that would be worth catching - we'll see.
Off tomorrow rain or shine (it's actually supposed to be nice) and eastward to the next little town along the canal - although it looks like there may be a kayaking opportunity about 3 miles down the canal.
Just before sunset last night we saw a double rainbow (the outside one was very faint) - nice ending to the day :-)
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