Crowbar Point – Anchorage
“Advise from a LAKE – Be Clear, Make Positive Ripples, Look Beneath the Surface, Stay Calm, Shore Up Friendships, Take Time to Reflex, Be Full of Life” – Ilan Shamir
We haven’t spent the night at anchor since May 9…that’s a long time, a very long time. There aren’t a lot of places shallow enough along the shore of Cayuga Lake to anchor and even fewer that offer protection from the wind, but we did find a spot close to Crowbar Point. We don’t usually like being out on the water on a Sunday, but the weather was perfect and we hated to pass up the chance to spend the night on the hook and Stan was itchin’ to fish for lake salmon. The lake was busy, but it was fun to watch all the sailboats and by the time we were ready to anchor most people were heading home.
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Allan H. Treman State Marine Park
“And then I learned adventures are the best way to learn.” —Unknown
Stan needed, wait, make that wanted, some different fishing supplies so we took a road trip up the lake to Bass Pro Shop outside of Auburn. We could have taken a shorter, more direct route, but what the fun in that? We drove up the west side of the lake so we could have lunch at O’Malley’s.
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Allan H. Treman State Marine Park
“Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars.” —Henry Van Dyke
Our friends in Oneonta called us Sunday to tell us they were going to the races in Saratoga Springs on Wednesday…they wanted to know if we’d like to join them. Of course we wanted to! We’re always up for a new adventure. We drove over to Oneonta on Tuesday and enjoyed an evening in Cooperstown. We wandered around town, look at a few of the famous baseball places, did a tasting at Cooperstown Distillery and had a wonderful dinner at the Hawkeye Bar & Grill in the Otesaga Hotel. On Wednesday we spent a great day at the races in Saratoga Springs. I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.
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“When I forget how talented God is, I look to the sea.” —Whoopi Goldberg
We’ve had our grandson come stay with us on The Pearl several times this summer. He’s very inquisitive…”why” is his favorite word. He wants to know everything about the boat, how things work and why certain things on a boat are called what they’re called. You know the head, the galley, stateroom, berth…so it got me thinking the same thing, why do we call it the head? What’s the history of these words and where did they originate?
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“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” —Jim Rohn
We spent last week with family…on the boat and at their home. We had a wonderful time and it’s the main reason we’re in the area for the season.
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Allan H. Treman State Marine ParkWe’ve been so busy…I haven’t had time to blog! Here’s a update of a few of the things we’ve been up to this last week. Thursday’s nights in Ithaca is music night…there are free concerts everywhere. We decided t…
