Country Clubbing
14 August 2011
Merry & Wiley - Thunderstorms
We motor sailed to Mentor, Ohio and are currently secure at a lovely dock at the Mentor Yacht Club. Yesterday, the Cleveland to Mentor Race ended at the club and it was fabulous seeing all of the beautiful spinnakers as they came in for the finish. We are enjoying the good life - a wonderful dinner at the "club", swimming in their pool - or in the lake (Wiley's preference!), finding 2 great bottles of '05 Bordeaux wine, and chatting with fellow sailors. Once again, we have found that everyone is very kind and we received offers for transportation. We fortunately, found a wonderful lady who provided us with a ride back from the Chandlery. We really appreciated this as we continue to outfit our boat for the Erie Canal - 2 - 100 foot lines for the locks, another boat hook, an electrical adapter, etc. Today we are relaxing at the yacht club while Wiley works on writing his play "Voices of the Middle Passage" and I take advantage of time on WiFi.