Trip Day 17 - Sunday
0510-66F/63F. Calm, heavy fog.
0645-Bible study, prayer, time done. Verse of the day: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast." (Eph 2:8-9)
I will read out of Philip Yancey's book "Disappointment with God" before I make breakfast.
Fog is so thick I can't see the other shore, which is not far (200 yards).
0705-Time to make breakfast. Still heavy fog so I may delay departure until it lifts.
0745-Breakfast of granola, strawberries, milk, and OJ. Fog persists and is too heavy to fly the drone.
0800-Fiddling around trying to get going but I need the fog to lift to fly the drone on my departure.
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| Local Area At Departure |
0820-Fog is lifting. Getting ready to leave. Flew the drone as I departed the site. Fog still hanging around.
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| Fog Lifting |
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| Pulling The Lines For Departure |
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| Underway Finally! |
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| Immature Loon |
Leisure Island Houseboat (#11) still at the entrance, which was a surprise.
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| Leisure Island Houseboat - Near Entrance (See Jeff's Map) |
Weather is cloudy, with a light breeze. No rain and warm. 69F/69F.
1045-Arrived at my final boat site for this trip. Traveled 11.2 miles in calm seas. Some sun breaking through at times.
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| Leg 11 Track - 11.2 Miles |
I'm hungry so will make a snack to hold me till dinner.
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| Arrived At New Boat Site |
1215-Made a chicken salad sandwich to have with some chips and white wine. It hit the spot. I had a chocolate truffle for dessert. Waiting for a Zoom call with the kids at 1300.
1700-Fiddled around all afternoon as Zoom failed again because I did not check my laptop battery and it crashes when plugged into the charger. I postponed until 7 pm when we will try again. Then I discovered my backup Li-ion battery was dead so I can't recharge the primary solar battery. Not only did my aft panels fail on this trip but so did the backup power. Nevertheless, I should make it.
I sat up on shore for a while after jumping in the lake to clean up. Time to make dinner. And then it began to rain!
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| Shore Side Perch |
1750-Had roast port, rolls, with red wine for dinner. No more salad or potatoes. I will bake some cookies to have with ice cream for a treat.
1820-Fresh hot Mrs. Fields chocolate chip cookies with Haggen Daz ice cream is hard to beat as a treat!
It is raining steady now. 74F/67F. It is supposed to get into the 40's F tonight. Much cooler tomorrow. Looks like I may have a break in the weather for loading the boat.
1930-Got Zoom started but my computer crashed again so I ended that effort. I will have to fix that when I get home.
1945-Time to hit the sack.
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