Retirement

Ya know? The guy sees a hammock and in he goes! This retirement stuff is tough to take!

The handsome Admiral

Look closely at the handsome Admiral -- the rest of his acquaintances (see the picture now) are air heads! Groan!

What Was THAT?

No pictures this time dear friends! But I had to tell you about it. Last night we had a storm the likes of which neither of us had ever seen. Even Ron with all his sea experience. (Of course, he didn't tell me that, until this morning!) First there was lightning -- surrounding lightning! The boat began moving in circles -- the wind had changed so many times and had no rhyme or reason to it. I vaguely remembered from a Coast Guard Weather course, this wasn't good. Then the little bit of rain we did have, stopped. I laughed. And said (and I'll never do THIS again) "That's it, that's all they got?" Well, never mess with Mother Nature. Out of nowhere there came torrential rains. We looked out and it looked like smoke swirling in every which direction which was the wild gusting winds and pooling rain swirling all around us. It was eerie. The anchor and chain held. The Bimini rattled and shook. Boats around us put on large search lights to see their position and couldn't because of the limited visibility and suddenly it stopped. Lightning still surrounded us -- north, south, west, east. No pattern -- just swirl. This morning we heard on the radio that two tornado's were sighted in the general area and many of the homes are without electric this morning. Bottom line? IT WAS EXHILARATING!

How about this sunset?

This is what we were seeing and enjoying tonight. Much better than a marina.

Discovery Harbor, Penetanguishene

The theatre shares the grounds with this historical living colony which documents Canada's part in the War of 1812 and post war strategy. There wasn't time to take the tour today but we hope to do so tomorrow.

We caught a play during the "down time"

Jasper Station, a musical comedy. Very well done. We laughed until our faces hurt!

It's not all fun.

It's not all fun. This was at Penetanguishene Bay Marina. We were here four days waiting for a problem with the battery system to be worked out. Turns out, they needed to rebuild our alternator due to a loose internal bolt that shorted out the stator. We made the most of the "down time" as you can see here.