Today we are celebrating Pi Day, March 14th, 3.14, mathematical Pi. Yes we are geeks and cruisers. Bill discovered this holiday more than thirty years ago and we have been celebrating it by having pie ever since. Bill loves pie so this is one of his favorite holidays. In recent years we have had a big Pi Day Potluck party at our house. Everyone has to bring a pie related dish. We have some very creative friends so there were always some interesting ones. You can see our dinner in the picture above. Those of you who have been at our parties will recognize our banner. I made Shepherd's Pie and Bill made his specialty, cherry pie. He said it may be the best20 pie he ever baked and if you have ever had Bill's cherry pie you know that is saying something. He had to make the crust without the food processor this time. Maybe that is the key. We were hoping to be able to celebrate with other cruisers but due to the weather and our decision to deviate from the norm we are alone. Well, we thought we were really alone until I was sitting on deck this afternoon reading and I looked up just in time to see a seaplane, flying low, round the corner of the basin we are sitting in. Not more than two minutes20 later a small power boat with two men in it turned into the basin too. The plane was flying all around and the men were searching for something on the perimeter, in the shallows. We thought the two were related but now we don't think so. The men in the power boat were going very slow, obviously discussing whatever it was they were looking for. Finally they threw a net in the water and jumped in after it. They pulled the net together and then starting pulling fairly large fish out of it with their hands and throwing them in their boat. It was interesting to watch. After a while they left and now we are alone again.

Early tomorrow morning we are going to head out and hopefully sail for eight hours until we get into Fox Town. Tomorrow will be the best sailing day. The weather report says almost no wind on Friday and Saturday. We take what we can get!