Wednesday May 29: Into the Water Tomorrow!

 

Did I say it was cold when we were in Ohio? Well, it was! This is the frost on the front windshield of Jim and Julie's car which they were kind enough to loan us for the time in Ohio.

Brrrr... the only good thing was it meant that we could build a fire at the farm :-)


The best part of the farm trip (other than seeing my brothers, sister-in-laws, niece and family) was the morel mushrooms we found. Yes they were pretty late in the season which is why we had to find them at Buehler's grocery store in Ashland.

Regardless, they were unbelievably good!!!

Anyway, we arrived in Fenelon Falls yesterday about 3 pm. Guppy was uncovered and almost ready to go!

This is the first time we've seen the boat out of the water so we were pleasantly surprised to see that the bottom of the boat was in good shape and the outdrive and props appeared to good as well.

Steve spent today buffing and waxing the outside of the boat. Fortunately it wasn't sunny all day - just very muggy and warm. For a 25 year old boat, she cleaned up pretty well!

I worked inside putting things away and also getting the GPS chartplotter installed. We just bring the one from Yesterday's Dream and it works great.

Tomorrow we'll finish putting some decals on the boat, finish the side waxing and installing the electronic ignition (replaces the points in the distributor). Once the marina runs the engine on shore to make sure we're good to go, they'll put the boat in the water. I'm thinking we'll head right to the lock here at Fenelon Falls - about 10 minutes by water. It's supposed to be a nice day.

In the meantime, we are staying at the Fenelon Falls Inn - about a 5 minute bike ride from the marina. It works out great! With a microwave and rice cooker Steve is able to create very healthy and great tasting meals :-)