First Boat Ride of the Season

While the weather is trying to keep us in winter - we still have the heat on in the house - it was time for our friend John to get his boat ready for the "summer".  So last week I headed down to Lake Geneva on a fairly cool and blustery day to help John clean out the spiders, load up all the gear, and, of course, take the boat out for a spin on the lake.  It was great catching up with John and the boat worked perfectly - starting on the first try.  While the lake was fairly smooth and almost empty, the low 60 degree temperatures kept it from being a completely fun ride.  Still it was nice to get away from the railing project for an afternoon - even if there wasn't any frozen custard or berry pie from the Elegant Farmer involved.

For the long weekend, we were fortunate to not have a lot of plans so we filled the days with some more elaborately prepared meals - homemade falafels, chicken enchiladas, and filet mignon with sour cream mashed potatoes filled the weekend - along with a baseball game and a couple of bike rides.  I started our garden on Friday, even though the temperatures are routinely staying in the low 60's it just felt that by the end of May something should be planted.  So I got some lettuce, spinach, and potatoes started before the skies opened up and ended my playtime in the dirt.

Saturday morning to take advantage of actually seeing blue skies for once, we took a nice walk around the neighborhood.  Lake Michigan was several incredible shades of blue - although my photography skills don't necessarily convey that.  Later in the day, we biked over to Miller Park to watch the Brewers beat the Diamondbacks with our friends Patty and Rob.  Exciting game as the Brewers won and had a no hitter going into the eighth inning and great food as we sampled a few of the new offerings at the park - pulled pork for me and a deluxe burger for Jo.  It was perfect day to ride to the game and back with comfortable temperatures in the high 60's and missing the gale force winds from our last trip to the ballpark.

Jo decided to do a little clothes shopping on Sunday while I put in some quality time on my railings.  The project is moving along and I have some hope for finishing next week.  I have all the railing components built and half of them installed.  I just need it to stop sprinkling every day so I can get everything painted and bolted in.

Monday we started the day with a long bike ride up the Oak Leaf trail and then oscillated between reading and napping on our porch for the afternoon.  It made for a nice end to our Memorial Day weekend.