Renee started the day with a load of laundry, and Erik cooked omelettes with more shish kebab leftovers. Then we borrowed the “vintage” courtesy car, a 1990 Mercedes, to make a trip to Walmart for a few groceries. Erik kept singing the “Oh Lord Won’t You Buy Me A Mercedes Benz” song that Renee had never heard.
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| Complete with no AC, several dash lights on including check engine, crooked Mercedes hood ornament, and instructions posted on how to deal with all the quirks 😂 After shopping we relaxed on the boat for a few watching some loopers head out heading west on the canal; most of them likely turning off shortly onto The Oswego Canal to head up to Lake Ontario.
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We decided to head out for a bike ride before the storms moved in. Erik had found a beach park on Lake Oneida. So off we headed. You will notice there are no beach pictures 🤦🏻♀️. First of all the beach did not allow dogs, so we walked along the edge of the beach then through the campground. Then after the walk and some sightseeing we realized as we were pulling out on our bikes we hadn’t gotten any pictures. We decided not to go back for pictures and headed back towards the marina with a side trip to the free wall where we had seen some more loopers!
One of the looper boats we saw was a very interesting one. Erik had talked of converting one of our Marinettes into outboards, and there was a Carver that had been converted. We talked to the owner about the interesting set up.
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| Outboard motors replaced the inboard engines The owner says it now achieves ~4 mpg at hull speed (6 mph)…quite good for a boat like this! |
We talked with a few other loopers on the free wall until it started raining and we decided we better head back to Happy Destiny
The thunderstorms that were forecasted for a good part of the day never did materialize but rather it remained a warm, muggy, breezy day with an occasional spit on rain. It was an overall relaxing day and we got the opportunity to meet and chat with several other looper couples while sitting in the shade under the marinas very nice shelter house. One couple aboard ‘Pearl’ are from the UK started their loop a month or so ago from Maryland after a several year delay because of Covid. They were fun to talk with and compare European with American ideas and attitudes about boating, vacations/holiday etc. In talking with them about their suggested stops as we continue to head east and on the Hudson River we were enlightened with the knowledge that Hyde Park would be just about 10 miles or so before our final destination for the year in New Hamburg. This was exciting information because Hyde Park is home to the CIA. What is so intriguing to us about the Central Intelligence Agency one might ask….the answer….NOTHING. Fortunately, the CIA that we will likely get to encounter is the Culinary Institute of America. We’ve heard and read about the experience there of being able to tour the supposedly beautiful campus as well as the opportunity to dine at one of their several ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ restaurants for a very reasonable price. They informed us that reservations were sometimes challenging to get and had to be made early. We were able to go online and secure a reservation for 4 at Restoranti Caterina de Medici (authentic Italian fares) for Wednesday July 3rd. Assuming all goes as planned we will have Erik’s dad and Felicitas aboard at that time to travel and enjoy the area with us for a few days.
We also talked quite a bit with a couple, Mike and Ann, who are here aboard their boat that they completed the loop aboard a couple years ago. They also have a houseboat where they reside a good portion of the year in Lenoir City TN at Ft Loudon Marina. Small world….that is the marina where we purchased and kept Happy Destiny at several years ago. Turns out we have some mutual friends and acquaintances at the marina and that their houseboat is on the far end of the same dock we were on.
We finished the day with a late, quick dinner of roast beef sandwiches because the time had gotten away from us and hanging out around the boat for the remainder of the evening. A nice day…for certain beats working!
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| At sunset Erik was taking some pics when Wayde and Mary aboard ‘Lady Gov’, the exquisite 55’ Fleming Yacht beside us invited him onboard to get a better angle from their bow of the sunset as well as to take a quick tour of the boat Quite an impressive and beautiful vessel! |
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