August 16, 2011 Rondeau Bay, Erieau Marina

We all slept in today. I was up first, making my coffee about 7:30. Kevin and Jennifer were up and busy getting ready to shove off for Kelley’s Island. We gave them hugs and goodbyes and they shoved off a little before 9:00 AM. I worked on my blog trying to upload pictures. It was so slow that I just loaded one and moved on. I was pretty frustrated at my internet connection and computer, not being sure which to blame. I do know that this is the last cruise for this laptop.

We walked into town and enjoyed breakfast at a little convenience store restaurant. I had pea meal for the first time on this trip. It is a ham like meat that is popular in Canada. Kip treated us to breakfast. We walked to town which is really a series of three stores with another couple across the street. Everything was closed so we did not spend much time there. The most interesting place was a home that had four ponds/waterfalls.

Kip and I used the marina golf cart to go to the marina store that included the LCBO and Beer Store. He found a couple of pins he needed at the marina store to make a repair on his boat. Kerry was cleaning when we returned so it seemed like a good time to get out of Dodge. Kip picked up his book and sat with the flies in the cockpit. To his credit, he killed dozens and got rid of their little dead bodies and actually got Excalibur fly free for the first time in two days. I headed out for the pool.

Lew and Gretchen sailed in around 2:00. We used their arrival as an excuse to have a rum and tonic for all 5 of us. We sat at a picnic table on the dock under a cover and caught up.

When the drinks were done we decided to go fishing one more time. Kip had an Ontario license too and decided to join us. I let Kip use my new pole to bring us luck. We went into the actual Rondeau Bay to fish. Our record remains intact as the worst fishermen in Ontario as the three of us did not even catch one fish. We would have done just as well sitting on our boats with one hand on the pole and one on a martini glass, probably better actually, as we had bluegills swimming all around the boats.

Kerry set a beautiful table of the dock, complete with lace tablecloth and her best boat china. The lady on the boat next to us was most impressed. It really was a pretty setting. Dinner was corn that Lew grilled and pork chops and sauerkraut that Kerry made in the slow cooker. It was a great meal. Jennifer had left delicious pina colada cookies for our desert and they went well with the coffee Lew made. Another great day was over.