Slip E 21 – Bay Port Yachting Center
Midland, Ontario – 44°52’03.5″N 79°46’48.9″W
Greetings once again from Slip E21 at Bay Port Marina! It’s Catherine’s turn at the blog wheel!
It’s been a busy time with boat repairs, trying to stay cool in the midst of a heat wave and having a birthday celebration. Since the last blog entry, Wally has been working on repairing windows. The starboard galley window had been leaking and unfortunately had been glued shut. This took considerable effort to dig out the sealant which was like tar.
Dave from Templeton Windows here in Midland very kindly came by and gave us advice on how to remove the window safely. He even lent us some suction cup tools for handling tempered glass windows. This project had to be delayed because we couldn’t find the right product for the sliding window tracks.
The curtains came down to clean the window and this really brightened up the galley. I thought briefly about rigging something up with doweling and fusible binding on fabric because I didn’t bring the sewing machine with me but decided not to do anything yet. The original curtains will have to go back up and will be replaced as soon as possible (!)
Wally built a lovely cedar deck box to put the barbecue and propane tank in on the aft deck. He’s got lots of comments on it from passers by in the marina. Some people were wondering if it was going to be a planter box.
Once it was finished I put tung oil on it, one coat down, two more to go.
We had a trip to Barrie to look at fabric at Len’s Mills store, bought folding chairs and side tables at Jysk summer sale and enjoyed a Thai dinner.
It’s been beastly hot. The a/c on the boat has a hard time keeping us cool so we mostly resort to fans. We went to the movie theatre to see Superman and eat popcorn in the cool air. When the movie finished, we were told to exit the emergency doors as the Midland Fire Department had been called due to a strange odour. Maybe someone burnt the popcorn! Whenever we see the firefighters, we think about our nephew Brent who works for the Calgary Fire Department!
Happily, the weather shifted, and we’ve had nights where we have needed hoodies and long pants. Some rain but not much. Just enough to keep my pink geranium watered. This is the extent of my gardening right now.
Tuesday the 15th was my 69th birthday and I had a lovely day. Started with a swim at the Y, then a latte and treats at Grounded Coffee downtown Midland with Wally. I was the carpenter’s assistant for the afternoon. We had dinner at Rawley Lodge where I worked as a waitress/chambermaid one summer in the mid-70’s.
The place is completely transformed from the ramshackle place it was when I worked there. Very chichi.
So that was a trip down memory lane, not the same emotional impact as Emerald Lake where I was in 1977! I had so many warm birthday greetings from family and friends, thank you!