After my first cup of coffee and the blog posting I was surprised to hear a thunder boomer when I poked my head outside. The sky had been pretty gray, but I thought it was fog. It turned out to be a little light rain. I mopped the deck while it sprinkled. Today it was a mess after several days of no mess. A heavy dew had combined with spider droppings, miscellaneous bugs and green bug spots. Looking at the radar made me think the rain could last past when I wanted to depart, so I got a raincoat and packed away the bikes which we had left outside. Eventually it became a steady, heavier rain. I wondered if the hatch would leak. Kerry was still in bed so I knew THE alarm would go off if it did!
Peter had shammed me yesterday saying we were a week into the voyage and I had not yet shared one little white powered donut with him. In horror, I realized he was right. So the first thing I did today was take a plate of them out of the freezer to be ready when he arrived for his cappuccino.
The rain stopped a little after 10:00 and we decided to set sail. We departed at 10:30. I am happy to say we had no hatch leaks but it was not a very good test. Before it would take a steady rain of 4 hours or so before we got wet. So, no verdict yet.


We had a nice BLT lunch using the leftover breakfast meat from yesterday. The trip was uneventful, other than having to deal with many, many boat wakes. Once we neared St. Clair they were very numerous and annoying. Oh well. I ran at 1500 rpm which kept us between 6 and 6.5 knots against the current. Once I put the way point in the chart plotter it said we would arrive at 12:57 - 3 minutes to spare for the 1:00 PM bridge. I thought that was a little close so I went to 1600 rpm and picked up three minutes. The trip covered 15.3 miles and took 2 1/2 hours. Our overall speed was just 5.5 knots, because we had to wait so long to dock. We did not get docked until 1:30 because we were the last boat to clear the bridge and had to wait for a bunch of slow docking boats to get settled before we could dock. We have traveled 122.5 nm so far, and still have 10 more to go before we start back.
Since it was a great day to polish the burgundy strip on the port side (cool and overcast), and we were docked on port side, I decided to get the polish out and complete the task before Brillig arrived at 2;30. Kerry manicured the entire outside of Annie while I did the stripe. Annie is standing tall now! Kerry keeps Annie so nice.
Tonight's dinner was the long planned and talked about salmon steaks and asparagus cooked in the air fryer. Marianna had never used one and was excited to see how they worked. Of course Kerry has been saying how good the food I make in an air fryer is, so the pressure was on.
The Orros arrived by dingy coming all the way across the marina fairway. They were simulating coming to dinner in the North Channel. The evening started with cocktails on the upper deck. We have not used it too much because it has been so hot and sunny, but it was pleasant today. We did decide to eat inside in the air conditioning.
We had fun preparing the dinner. Everyone contributed with physical contributions and opinion contributions. Peter took the difficult job of supervising the cooking of the minute rise in the microwave. I prepared the salmon for cooking (oil, paprika, salt and pepper), Marianna sliced the salmon and loaded the air fryer, Kerry handled the asparagus. We all had a good time. Marianna and I did the air fryer cooking.
Well, the dinner turned out to be fabulous. The best of the trip, per tour guide Marianna. The salmon was delicious. The oil and paprika gave the salmon a little crust on top that Peter said he enjoyed. Marianna said the asparagus was the best she had ever eaten. I recalled that our friend Kay Hughes in Florida said the exact same thing when we made it for her. We followed dinner with cookies and liquors and sat around laughing and chatting for quite a while. When you see Marianna, ask her if there is any butter.
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