Headed Home: Posting from Beckley, WV

 After finishing the paperwork, transfer of money and title, we moved the new boat to Pirates Cove Marina in Brewerton, NY - about a 3 hour trip. The boat performed well over choppy Lake Onieda. Top speed for the day was 20.5 mph. What a change from the trawler speed of 8.3 mph!! I'm sure the gas was flowing thru that engine ....

FYI: if you have your money in PNC (the old National City) and want to make a withdrawal when in NY, forget it. You will have to drive 2 hours south to PA to do that. Guess how we know ...

 We arrived at Pirates Cove in the early afternoon - passing the Albin just like ours as we entered. The owners have been working on the boat for the past ?? years and it shows. Our new boat really IS smaller than Yesterday's Dream!

Best thing about the new boat: 10 foot beam! Steve and I can actually both be up and about without running into each other :-)

Left Syracuse NY, drove to Cleveland, spent the night with Julie and Jim, had breakfast at Shay's, stopped and bought some clothes (we didn't pack anything other than shorts/shirts when we left), drove to Loudonville, visited my Mom (she is doing really well - she thought I was her sister but definitely recognized me as someone she knew), then attended calling hours for our sister-in-law's father. What a great person he was. Lawrence and Donna were married 63 years - what a tribute to two people. We remember many occasions when we visited them on the shores of Lake Erie at their cottage and were fortunate enough to visit on Donna's last birthday in early April when we were last home.

Because I didn't pack much extra medicine, we decided to leave today and head back. Will arrive back at the boat tomorrow (Tuesday) around noon or so. The biggest discussion on the way today? What day of the week it was. I think that is a good thing ...... maybe ....