Allison made the trip with us first. We had a vigorous sail over. Here we are approaching the turn at Buckeye Reef with the jib already down...
When we made our way through Buckeye Reef we spotted a power boat that had grounded on a small island during the night. The story is that those aboard elected to just camp out for the night after hitting the island and call the authorities in the morning. The picture Mary Lou took called for the creation of one of those motivational posters...
Allison was the first person to stay on board overnight with Mary Lou and me. We made up a bed on the cabin floor as there was more room than using a settee as a bed. I don't think she had a great first night trying to sleep on the boat with all the gentle swaying and water noises as we swung on the mooring ball.
It was a weekend of historical reenactments on South Bass Island complete with demonstrations of firing different cannon.
We decided to take a turn at the touristy way of travel on the island...
Amanda accompanied us on one of the last sailing trips of the year. Here she poses for the obligatory picture with Perry's Peace Monument in the background while riding the harbor taxi...
...and here with me at the lighthouse on the south west corner of the island...
There was no wind on the way home after a long day...
One final trip in the middle of October and we decided to spend the night on Middle Bass Island at the new state park docks. The place was deserted. The electricity was still on and it allowed us to try out the small cube heater in the morning (and we needed it). The water at the docks had already been turned off for the season due to the threat of a freeze. Wouldn't you know we forgot the camera so I had to use the one on my old cell phone to get a picture of us at the nice docks...
We came back on a Sunday and planned to pull the boat out. It was a bit gusty getting into the docks and after a couple of attempts, combined with the motor not being in reverse when I thought it was, we hit the dock hard at the bow. Now we had a repair to look forward to before putting the boat away for the winter. We figured it would be better to do it now instead of waiting until spring and possibly get delayed at that point.
We'll see how the repair turned out when I get to updating this for the 2011 season!
