Hot and Humid Sunday Morning

6:45

Sandy Bottom

Boaters at Sandy Bottom

Up at 6:30 to sunshine filling the kitchen as I pour my coffee, a hazy, shiny lake, around 65 degrees.  I just heard on NPR that yesterday was a record setting high of 91 in Buffalo, not quite as warm here.  The high today is predicted to be 80 degrees here at the lake, comfortable if there's a nice breeze.

Yesterday was warm, obviously, though not unbearable as we sat outside quite a bit since there was a strong southerly breeze to cool you off.  Early morning, Evie put together the makings for a spinach borek, a Turkish delicacy, and baked it later in the afternoon out on the grill, which worked fine.  Around 9:00, we kayaked over to the Long Point Pavilion, beached our kayaks, put on our walking shoes and went for an hour walk through Long Point Park, quite warm in the sunshine, but nice and cool in the woods.  Unfortunately, when we hiked out to the tip of Long Point, an unpleasant odor, because of the southerly winds, of rotting weeds and algae bloom, detracted from our nature walk.

We spent the afternoon reading, relaxing, and Evie caught up on her phone calls.  At 4:00 I kayaked down to Sandy Bottom, an area frequented by boaters.  They tie their boats together and because of the sandy bottom, frolic and drink and party in the water, fun if you don't live next door I suppose.   At 6:00, we went out for another cocktail cruise, with the spinach boreks as our appetizers.  It reminded both of us of the kind we used to get in Turkey.  We cruised down to Maple Springs, across to Prendegast and back, with lots of boat traffic.   For dinner, we had grilled burgers and salad and watched three more episodes of Breaking Bad.  I think we are on the 25th episode out of a total of 46 so we have quite a few to go.