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From: Liz meyer <lizmeyer920@hotmail.com>
Date: August 15, 2015 at 9:42:39 PM EDT
To: Liz Meyer <lizmeyer920@hotmail.com>
Subject: Good Night to a Good Day
Days here at the Island begin to blur...all good days, and all different. Sitting and watching the sun go down is the frosting on the cake...time to relax and watch the parade of boats go by, watch the lake and the woods settle for the night, and truly live in the moment.
We have had adventures and misadventures with the boat, the most memorable being the day Angela and I had the kids out, to take the boat in to the Marina for a developing steering problem. As we pulled away from our dock, we realized the entire steering mechanism was completely was gone. There was a brisk wind and a strong current, both pushing us rapidly east to the big lake. Our little 17 foot boat has an oversized 100 HP Yamaha four stroke engine. With no steering, all we could do is have me push a rudder-like protuberance on the engine with my foot (It takes a lot of strength to move such a big engine). I had to run from port to starboard pushing this big engine, often pushing too hard and ending up going in circles! Meanwhile, Angela was manning (Womaning??) the throttle, trying to keep ahead of the wind and current, while slowing to let me steer with my foot. We eventually got a pattern going, got back near the boathouse, which we both knew we couldn't steer into, and beached the boat, both of us jumping out into the frigid water to bring her in. Later in the day we got some good friends to tow her in to the Marina.
Today, three days later, Martha drove me by jeep to Cedarville, where I picked up and gassed the boat and drove back to the Island, in time for Angela and her family to pack it and head out to Rover Island, in the big lake, to camp overnight.
Angela flies back to Chicago tomorrow afternoon to work for a week. I will be here with Derek, Hannah and David for ten more days.
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