Got to bed after our showers and blog last nite, and just after getting on board to sleep, it started pouring. God knows I love rain, and boy did it rain, for a couple hours or less. Makes for such good sleeping listening to the "dripage". Then the kiddos woke us up at 8:30am on the button again. I know it was on the button because I had an alarm set so we wouldn't oversleep and be late to Cale's football game. And right at 8:30, there were my buddies climbing aboard. All of them, and boy does that fill up the cabin. Love those kids.
At the football game, Cale is so cute, and boy did he have fun, smiling alot, and did a great job of being everywhere. He almost scored this week, but the other team was very good also. Unfortunatly his team lost 3 to 1. Last week he scored 2 touchdowns. This is flag football so no one gets clobbered.
After the game, went back to the house and had lunch. Then got the boat ready to roll again @2:30. Headed to Holland to figure out where to launch. Ended up at Yacht Basin Marina, on Lake Macataw. Mandi & family showed up just as Malac, Gary, and I got finished rigging. All of us got on the boat and went for a sail before dusk hit. Nice breeze, and the skies were partly cloudy, but it was nice with a jacket. Came back and tied up at b16, which we were assigned to by the marina, and went into town for a great steak dinner at Brann's. Mandi left from there and headed home with the kids since it was past 8:30pm. Mark rode back with us, and dropped us off at the boat and is now driving back home. an hour back home.
Got our showers, and are getting settled for the nite. Hope the yacht club settles down soon, since its blasting music and the folks look like they are party hardies.
More tomorrow.
Luv BJ
Luv BJ
Hey all, this is Mandi, letting you know mom and dad are alive. :-) They put in the water Saturday, we sailed a little on Lake Macatawa that evening and then they planned on sailing up to Grand Haven or Muskegon the next day.....well, the swells were already up to 5 feet, and after a few cookies that got tossed overboard, they harbored just 10 miles north of Holland where they put in. Pigeon Lake I think they called it. They are just waiting out the weather with movies and will post when they get a signal, which they don't have where they are right now - hence asking me to post a comment. It might be a few days since the forecast looks like more of the same for the next couple of days.
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