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Up at 6:30, a thin line of clouds over the Bemus and Long Point shoreline. Other than that, a clear sky above, a comfortable 56º, as I waited for the sun to rise. It's now 7:40 and I can hear some stirring upstairs, so the day is about to begin. Rick and Carolyn are driving up to Niagara Falls for the day some they will be off by 9:00 and return sometime in late afternoon, to check one more thing off of their bucket list.
Yesterday made up for the torrential rains on Saturday, the spotty rain on Sunday as it was a perfect day to celebrate Evie's birthday. She could not have asked for a better day and she loves to cruise in our boat, so we got in two great rides. First, we had a pancake breakfast around 9:30, after we all slowly woke up with our coffee, after checking our emails and text messages. We then cruised slowly to the Chautauqua Institution on smooth, waveless lake, a cloudless sky. I can hardly remember such a day on the lake.
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| Loving Bestor Plaza's Shade |
We were able to tie up at the Institution's dock, then took a leisurely stroll around the north end, ogling the various houses, then returning to Bestor Plaza and taking pictures of the now demolished Amphitheater.
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| It's Gone |
It was almost too warm for a walk, as all of us worked up a sweat, enjoyed finding the shade when we could. We browsed the bookstore some and found a book of poetry by a friend of a friend we wanted called EARTH, GRASS, TREES AND STONE, by Mary Anne Morefield, a Chautauqua, Pennsylvania, and Scottsdale resident. We then cruised home, enjoying just being one of the few boats on the vast blue of the lake.
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| Lunch Under The Trees |
When we got home, Evie quickly got out the homemade lentil soup, heated it up and made toasted cheddar cheese sandwiches for our lunch. We were able to eat outside for the first time, in the shade of our maple trees. The soup was better than we could get in Turkey we all agreed and Carolyn even tried my way of enjoying a cheese sandwich, by spreading jam on it. The rest of the afternoon was do your own thing, the girls on the dock sunning and swimming, Richard and me, in the house reading or taking a nap.
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| Enjoying Reuben's At The Viking Club |
Around 5:00, Evie and Carolyn went for a swim, washed their hair, then came in to get cleaned up for our night out at the Viking Club. So around 6:00, we boarded the Party Boat with a beer, cruised Long Point, viewed the bridge, then moseyed down to the Viking Club, easily finding a place to dock our boat. Our friend, Barb Johnson, was sitting there, in her boat, waiting for her husband Dana and told us the were out of Cuban sandwiches. Horrors. That's why were going. So we rushed in to see what was left and ordered the last four Reuben sandwiches. Whew. We found a nice nook outside, ordered a pitcher of beer and watched the sun drop below the horizon, the air suddenly get cool. By the time our Rueben's arrived, we decided to move inside and found a table in the bar. The sandwiches were really good despite the fact they may have used cheese whiz in place of Russian dressing or along with it.
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| Sunset at 7:15 From The Viking Club |
We stayed until 8:00 and it was surprisingly dark by then, as the days shorten, so we had to wend our way in darkness to the dock and our boat. We cruised home slowly, in the middle of the lake for safety, because it was so dark but were easily able to see lights along Woodlawn and Victoria off in the distance. The floodlights were on in both neighbors homes, which makes it difficult to dock because they are so blinding.
We then enjoyed some coffee, pumpkin pie with whipped cream of course and helped our friends plan their trip to Niagara Falls today. We ended the evening watching REAL TIME with Bill Maher, the the 11:00 News with Brian Williams before going to bed at 11:30. What a day.
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