Oops – forgot to give credit to
Rebecca for the great wild rice and edamame salad recipe! It was one
the dishes served by a member of her 'Top Chef' group – it was even
better cold the next day :-) Sorry ….
It was a pretty nasty day Monday with
rain predicted most of the day and thunderstorms later in the
afternoon and evening. Good time to just sit a day. The rain came but
the storms moved around us - never really went right through where
we were. At least we are no longer working on the engine and doing
the guessing game of getting it to run the way it should.
Steve did manage a trip to the grocery
store across the bridge in between the rain showers. This is where
the huge boulder is that the kids would climb on when we went through
Buckhorn. He was looking for a movie to rent for the night but we
must really be out of it. Of all of the movies, there wasn't more
than a handful that we even recognized! What happened to all of the
good movies of the world? Oh well, we ended up watching the first
part of Bronco Billy. Seems we never make it through a whole movie
anymore :-)
The weather front clearly passed by
overnight as today was again clear blue skies. Steve was sort of
surprised to see the leaves changing colors though. Must be a sign
that it's time to head on south. Soon. Meanwhile off we headed toward
Lovesick lock.
It's only 6 miles across Lower Buckhorn
Lake so less than an hour to travel. We passed by “our” island in
Deer Bay. I don't think we came up here with a houseboat without
tying up for a night. It's perfect for a boat with pontoons but not
as great for a cruiser. The plan today was to arrive early as the
lock walls fill up quickly. This is one of two locks on the system
that have a one night limit for docking.
Steve of course was off fishing almost
before the boat was tied up. He was in his favorite spot: last pillar
on the dam. And finally – he was successful! Not a bad size
small-mouth bass. Unfortunately for the fish, it swallowed the hook
and would not have survived so what were we to do but have the guy
for supper? Quite good on the grill ...
Nice place to kayak as well. Steve
headed off for parts unknown while I volunteered to stay back and
guard the boat in case any of the racoons came out a bit early :-)
There was the cutest little snapping
turtle at the marina where we stopped for a pumpout. I was sort of
concerned that it would bit me but decided it's mouth wouldn't in any
way be able to take a bite out of my finger!
The plan is to leave for NC a week from
Friday. We heard from Peter and Cheryl today (on Surona/Deja Vu). We
have been following them on their blog (www.surona.blogspot.com)
as they made their way north ever since we saw them in South Carolina
in June. They were anticipating crossing Lake Ontario tomorrow –
weather permitting of course. Our hope is that we can meet them for a
few days at they travel the Trent north toward their home port of
Midland.
Not sure where we are headed from here
– perhaps somewhere on Stony Lake.
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