Friends Leonard and Doris are here; they have a home here (as well as up north) and are here to check on their place and get their fill of hot and humid. I invited them for a boat ride today.
Doris was feeling a little under the weather, so it was just Leonard; Joan said, "Why don't you two make it a Guys' Day? I'll shove you off - go enjoy some boat time."
First day in a while that the wind wasn't howling. As we motored down the canal, we could see a drilling rig being pulled down the ship channel... since we didn't have an agenda, besides getting out on the boat, we headed for the drilling rig...
Heading that way for a closer look, we had a couple visitor, up close and personal...
We watched dolphins for a bit, then headed for the ship channel once again. Leonard was kicked back, enjoying the ride...
'Cause that's what you do on a pontoon boat. ;-)
The drilling rig is TALL; there are 4 large tugs maneuvering down the ship channel...
We followed it for a while... watching the tugs coordinating their movements... but, mostly we visited... catching up.
I've known Leonard for about 13 or 14 years. He had a Nimble Nomad back when we had a Corsair trimaran. We both added smaller sailboats to the fleet: his a Potter 19, ours a SunCat. And when I first considered getting a powercruiser, he is the one who said, "You should look at a C-Dory."
"A C-Dory! That's a great idea! What's a C-Dory?" ;-) Lots of water under the keep since then, including a chance meeting in 2009 when we were both cruising the Erie Canal.
Nice to visit with my friend.
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