Thursday, October 9, 2008

Three retired guys and their dinghy


Off at 9:30 AM after Capt’n Brad cooked us eggs and sausage on the boat. This is a big treat for us - to get away from cold cereal and tomato juice for a day. We’re going to explore Kentucky Lake and anchor out some where along the way. Our plan today will allow us some free time on the boat and with the 80 degree temperatures and full sun, we are ready to jump off the boat’s swim platform. It’s a beautiful early fall day, so in the PM we hop in the dingy and explore a Scout camp and Murray State has a biological research center near Kenlake State Park. The fishing is good in this little inlet also, as we watched this woman and her dog fish for hours. She told us they were biting.
We have met some very interesting people along our travel path and one couple from Canada has invited us to join them for their Canadian Thanksgiving on Monday. Pat, a grocer by trade, built his own 38 foot sailboat, and he is not an experienced sailor or a craftsman.
Jay had galley duty tonight and cooked fish with sautéed vegetables… very tasty with cookies for dessert. My turn tomorrow and dinner will be chicken and corn on the cob. None of us is losing weight on this trip and we each eagerly await “home cooking”, but we do OK and surprise each other with our limited culinary skills.
Tomorrow we will once again head South to Harmon Creek, about 43 miles and 6 hours at 7 knots. And finally,we really appreciated the swimming off the boat and look forward to showers off of it. The photo is of us swimming at Pacer Point.
Bill

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Love the title. What more can I say???