Lake Waters Rising (Some)

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Fishing

Mid Sunday Afternoon Respite From the Showers

Up at 6:00, to a stormy looking sky but no rain fortunately, as we had enough yesterday late afternoon and evening, a couple of inches, flooding the yards and roads down here on Woodlawn. The lake is obviously high but not yet threatening any of the docks.  Let's hope things settle down for a bit though rain is forecast on and off for the next week.  I am sure once July comes around we will be praying to the weather gods like Zeus or Aeolus for some rain.

Yesterday continued the muggy, wet weather we have been having, with bouts of sun, making it feel like we were in a steam bath.  Fortunately, we have the lake a few yards away, to jump in and cool off, which we did on and off during the day.  Neither of us started with much energy for some reason; we had done little if anything the day before.  I went out on the dock with my breakfast of yogurt and granola abut 9:30, Evie joined me to fish some, and we then both jumped in the lake for a swim and to cool off.  That perked me up at least and I decided, despite the muggy weather to take a bike ride around Bemus and Long State Park.  So I parked my car, just over the bridge, rode through Bemus, up Lakeside Drive, through the park to Warner Bay, then back to Long Point, then home, about an hour and fifteen minutes.  Despite not having ridden in a couple of weeks, I felt good and it was not too hot.  Interestingly, I met no cars on Lakeside Drive, no one in the woods, a few people out on Long Point fishing and that was it.

Breakfast During A Storm

When I got home, we had our usual big breakfast around 1:00, eggs, bacon, and bagels, and sat on the front porch enjoying it, as it started to rain for the first but not last time of the day.  The rest of the afternoon, I read, watched it rain as we also went out on the dock to fish or read in between rain showers.  Around 5:30, we drove over to the Viking Club for the celebration of local musician and past owner of the Surf Club, Junie Schenck.  He was a legend for anyone who grew up around here in the 1970's, 80's, an 90's, and loved rock music.  We have never seen the Viking Club so crowded, and it was hard to find a place to park.  There were tents up, burgers and dogs available, a couple of beer tents, a band, so it was a  great tribute to Junie.  We knew of him but did not know him personally though we have met his wife and son recently.  Our friend, Barb Johnson, was responsible for the party and did an amazing job of organizing it.  It turned out to be a great success despite the rain.

Evie and Barb, At The Viking Club Tribute To Junie Schenck

We stayed for about an hour, talking with friends and observing the group.  Barb introduced us to her good friend, Jeff Gathers, who lives on the lakefront in Stow. We left about 6:30, drove through rain to the Casino for wings and a beer.  The front entrance to the Casino was closed because of flooding, so we went in the side door.  We struck up a conversation with the fledgling bartender, Amber, a neat, ambitious twenty one year old.  She is well on her way to a PHD in physical therapy, after two years at JCC.  We had their wing sampler, 15 wings for 15 bucks, decent but not great.  We were home by 8:00, in time to watching the depressing Cavs loss to Golden State though not unexpected. Tuesday's game will be BIG.  Still loving A GOD IN RUINS and cannot wait to get back to it today.

Storms Hit Viking Club

Plans for today?  Hair cut in the back yard, a swim, yoga, coffee at Ryders, then pick up grass seed at Home Depot, stop at the Recycle center, then Tri James, where I will begin to fill buckets of top soil as we begin to put our yard back together.  Right now, it looks like a swamp