Windy And White Caps

7:19

8:09

It’s 7:42, and I’ve been up for an hour watching the waves roll in on a gray morning. It’s a chilly 43º, and we received a quarter inch of rain overnight, just enough to get the lawn wet. Because of the wind and waves, I won’t be kayaking this morning, alas, so I’ll have to find something else to do.

Sunday ended up being a good day: lots of leisure, kayaking, football, biking, and dinner out. It began with a great hour-long paddle, made better because I saw buffleheads and loons for the first time. After the paddle, I wrote the blog and had breakfast: a piece of pumpkin pie. We extended our coffee hour, but by 10:45 I was ready for a bike ride. I drove to Mayville, parked my car, and rode my usual route: two sections of Webb’s Trail, a section of Mayville’s Recreational Trail, then down Sea Lion Drive to the end and back to my car. I was out for close to an hour and fought a heavy wind over the last couple of hundred yards. I then stopped at Tops to pick up some Keurig coffee cups and pork chops, two for the price of one.

Webb's Trail

An Abundance Of Leaves

Looking South From North End Of Lake

When I got home, I read until 1:00. Evie started making me breakfast, frying up potatoes, but Beth called, so I finished it myself with a couple of fried eggs and watched the first half of the Kansas City Chiefs game. Evie talked with Beth for at least an hour, catching up on her busy life, school, and Tyler and Mitch, both of whom have new jobs, and Marisa, who is in her second year of med school. All are doing well. Around 2:00, I surprised myself by napping for a good half hour despite having slept well. Around 4:00, I went out and mulched the leaves from our Bradford pear tree in the backyard. It seems to be the last tree to lose its leaves.

Two Old Guys And Their Chicks

By 5:45, we were both showered and ready to be picked up by Ron and Linda, who were driving us to dinner at Pace’s Pizza in Jamestown, our favorite pizza restaurant. Unfortunately, it’s a 20-minute drive, and at this time of year it’s dark, so Ron stuck to the main roads to avoid deer. Pace’s was fairly busy with retirees like us, but we found a booth and were quickly served our beers and had our orders taken. We always get a large pizza and two large house salads. Ron always gets pizza, and Linda the meatball appetizer. We are not very adventurous and know what we like. The pizza was great, as were the salads, and we have enough left over for a lunch or two. We were home by 8:15, and Evie, tired, went up to bed. I watched the first half of the Chicago/Tampa Bay game, then went up to bed to read and sleep, tired from a busy day.