I’ve discovered that staying in one place with no car and no particular activities going on means you lose track of what day it is. No wonder people in hospitals and extended care facilities become so disoriented!

Friday afternoon the boatyard sent someone over to get our dinghy so the bottom can be repaired. They couldn’t give us a definite day when it will be done – I’ll just have to keep my phone with me, waiting for their call, much like a teenaged girl waiting for that special boy to call. (I guess today she would be waiting for a text or tweet).

Anyway, the weather was so bad we couldn’t have gone to Chicago even if we weren’t waiting on the dinghy.

Here’s a shot of the open water forecast for the portion of Lake Michigan we will cross when we finally head to Chicago. For nonboaters – any waves over 3 feet make for a bouncy ride. When waves get in the 3-5 foot category, they put out small craft warnings. We’re not exactly small craft, but for comfort’s sake we try to stay put when there are warnings.

Friday afternoon I contacted some friends who live in our neighborhood in Lafayette to see if they were at their condo in New Buffalo, 30 miles from our marina. They were, so they came over Saturday, had lunch with us, toured our boat, then drove us back to their condo so we could see it. They had driven up in two cars so they offered us the use of one of their vehicles for 24 hours. We had wheels! We found a place with authentic Mexican food for dinner last night. Pozole and tacos al pastor with traditional toppings of onions, lime, and cilantro were fantastic! Today we made a trip to Joann Fabrics so I could buy fabric to recover some pillows and then did some shopping at Meijer (a big superstore). I know that sounds pretty boring, but when you’ve been without a car for two weeks, it doesn’t take much to make our day. Thank you, Tim and Katherine, for the use of your car!

While we were walking to the parking lot at the marina this afternoon on our way to run errands, two small planes flew directly overhead. One circled several times, letting out a plume of white smoke three or four times. We later found a website for a place nearby that gives rides in WWII  small aircraft so we assume that was what we saw. We could just imagine how frightening it would be to see a lot of them flying low in formation in a war situation.

Notice the bright blue sky – it’s the first blue sky we’ve seen in days!