Kansas City Here We Come

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Trolling For Bass

Cleveland This Morning

7:03

It's a little different waking up to the vastness of Lake Erie, especially compared to Chautauqua Lake. It's 6:30 and I am the only one up and it's just starting to get light, a dark gray. I can see a few lights from bass fishermen, about a half mile offshore, up early to catch their quota. From what I understand, there is a week-long walleye tournament going on with a large, cash prize, bringing fishermen from all over the US. I just looked out the window and a boat just passed slowly by, about ten yards from the beach.

Yesterday began with a decent paddle, no eagles. Once I returned, we both got busy preparing for our trip to Kansas City, and then Dallas. We have done this several times before but it always takes us all morning and part of the afternoon to get packed, clean up the house, pack the car, and get off by 2:00, or the time of departure. 

We left at 2:00 and had rain most of the two-hour drive to Euclid, a good start to our road trip. Luckily, we were stopping for the night at my sister's before a seven-hour drive tomorrow to Effingham, IL, our second stop before Kansas City. We always enjoy spending the night with Linda and Rich, especially since they invite their kids to come for cocktail hour. So seven of us sat around, passing around photos of grand and great grandchildren, enjoying a libation and appetizers. It was a pleasant way to spend the late afternoon with family., catching up on everyone's lives.  It was a gray lake afternoon, with a crazy neighbor out on a sunfish until sunset and then the bass fishing boats arrived, lights on in the dark, about 25 yards offshore, hoping to win big money.

Sunfish In November

View From Backyard

Cleveland Skyline At 5:00 PM

Sunset

While we were enjoying ourselves, the pot roast was simmering in the oven along with potatoes and carrots, filling the kitchen with a delicious aroma. The gang left around 6:30 and the four of us were hungry so Rich pulled the pot roast out, and I brought it to the table. It was a perfect meal for a November afternoon, with hints of winter. The pot roast and gravy was fall-apart delicious as were the veggies. Along with Linda's salad, we were happy. For dessert, Linda made a cinnamon apple galette topped with ice cream. Yum. We then cleaned up the kitchen and watched the end of the Cavs game, a loss but exciting. We went up to bed earlier than usual, 9:30, and Linda and Rich stayed up watching some TV. What a good day once we arrived in Euclid.