Way too choppy for Kelly!

Captains Log May 26 – It’s was a rather cold morning  but  we  managed  to get up and out  of

Where we would have boarded

bed anyway!  We had  reservations  for the Apostle  Islands Morning  Grand Tour (it’s the  only one  currently  available) at 10 AM, so  we left  plenty  early to get  the best seats.  Well, it was VERY windy  and cold  out and  we checked  in at  the docks where I asked the lady about the motion on  the water.  She  said it was  going to  be pretty  choppy.   Knowing  how ill I get with motion  sickness  we moved  my  ticket  to tomorrow and cancelled Bill’s.  He had an  appoint-ment  at the  Chevy  dealer at  the city  near here  to get  his taillight  and  side  view mirror re-placed.  He called and left a  message to see if he could  move it to the  afternoon so he could go with me in the morning on the tour.

Nice neighborhhood right by the docks

We walked about the dock area a bit and it was cold and only one little gift shop was open.  We had passed the Apostle National Park building so we stopped there.  You couldn’t go inside except to a receiving area where they had a table set up to get your park stamp and a clear barrier between guests and the ranger with an exhibit of the magnets and patches they have for sale.  The building itself was a gorgeous old building that was the original courthouse back in the day.  The town of Bayfield only has 487 year around residents and no schools.  The kids bus to Ashland to school.

We checked out the town which is very quaint and well taken care of and I think a great summer place once it warms up!  Not much is open daily for tourists until the weather warms

National Park Service Building

up a bit.  Our campground was only open a few days before we arrived.  Speaking of campgrounds, we continued to have some issues with the power so they suggested we move to site 11 (which was where we were supposed to be but Bill put us in the wrong site).  So far this site has been fine!

Bill and Lake Superior

With nothing open we headed back to the RV and worked some on our “unappropriated “ days that we set aside for Alaska.  We are also looking at a few places to volunteer for 6 weeks in Oregon.  So will see how that pans out. 

A couple from Daytona arrived in the site next to us.  They left in April and have been to 24 states already.  They will be here for a week.  Glad we didn’t plan that long since the weather isn’t agreeing!

Boring couple of days

June 30 – Not much going on today. I worked in the office from 9 – 1. It was my busiest day yet, 89 passes. The entire park is pretty booked this whole week. Bill picked me up and had my salad ready. After lunch we both sat in our recliners and read and napped, but we had 3 different people knock on our door from camp and Bill got up for each one.

Bill got showered while I took Xena on a loop walk. It was still really hot out. Then we headed to Bayfield to check it out and have dinner. It’s a nice town with a small historic main street. We ate at La Casita. The salsa was very good but the rest was not too impressive. Don’t plan to go back there.

We talked to Carole on the way home. They’ve been working on their pool and some painting. We’re looking forward to having them visit us here in August.

We did a TP check and hurried back to watch the new Charlie Sheen show. Time for more TV and maybe some reading.

July 1 - Another day to work in the office. We got up and walked the loop before I made breakfast of blueberry waffles, bacon, fruit and eggs for Bill. Since I work til 1 and don’t take a snack I make sure I eat enough to last. I just drink a small bottle of water while I’m working.

Today was not as busy as yesterday. I sold 59 passes and balanced with no problems. I was actually finished balancing 10 minutes before time for Bill to pick me up. I thought after lunch I would need to help him rake site since we had 19 leaving but since there are no fire pits to clean, he had them all done. So I lazed around a while and then decided to tackle my dining table. It was swiveling around and leaning so I knew it needed tightening somewhere. I decided I’d have to unbolt it from the floor and see if there was a bolt through the column to tighten and luckily there was. I did several turns and it seemed pretty tight so Bill turned the table back up and I bolted it back down and it’s sturdy as new.

I’m back to making scrubbies as I get bored watching TV, or being on the computer or reading after a while so I cut up some net and started making some for the ladies in the office and the other 2 host ladies. Maybe I’ll even give the guys each one for their boats and trucks. Next time we’re at Wal-Mart I will get some more colors. Only have 3 to work with right now.

I took out some swai for dinner and decided to make risotto and steamed broccoli to go with it. I baked the swai with some Badia seasoning and lemon slices but Bill didn’t like it. He only had a couple of bites of his but he doubled up on the risotto and broccoli. For dessert I had sliced strawberries and made shortcakes using slices of the pound cake I made Friday I think.

We did our usual Xena walk and turned reservations, but it was a slow night after the weekend. We watched some TV and read.