July 8 – Sunday
We stayed in port. The forecast for wind on eastern Lake Ontario was the same as advertised 1 & 2 days earlier – 10 to 15 with higher gusts and always from the west. This would cause a sea state that would not allow baking sweet rolls during the crossing. Monday’s forecast may be even a tad worse so we settled in for some time in Oswego, a nice place to be. The general weather was fairly pleasant with some sun and the threat of showers to make it a bit humid and hotter than any of the previous days.
We had an early phone call from Libby who had some exciting news – she had lost her first tooth on Saturday and had already sold it to the Tooth Fairy. This was important enough that we set up the web cam and got all of the details first hand. There was no question about where the tooth had been – lower front and center. We also arranged for a web visit later in the day with our grandson Cameron and his parents. We phoned other family members, Dad W. sounded fine but nothing happening that he could remember and Aunt Nanny just had cataract surgery on one eye and we wanted to check up on that – all is going well. I think we did some other stuff around the boat but I honestly can’t recall the details as I write this on Monday AM. I do remember taking a nap and skipping lunch.
Restored Fort Ontario is within walking distance so we took advantage of that. The site of the fort dates back to 1755, but after going through a number of destroy / re-builds under various nations, was finally built in its present form by Americans, in the 1839-44 period. The restoration is well done and I especially liked the stone work. The best part of visiting the fort for me (RCB) was its high location at the mouth of the river overlooking the harbor and the lake. Let’s face it, after G-burg, Williamsburg, Valley Forge etc. – if you have seen one old building with leather pouches and journals laying on tables, you have seen them all.
Oswego is a Great Lakes sea port and there was a ship off-loading some sort of dry bulk material (probably cement). On the walk back to the boat we stopped at a Revco for cookies and an Ace hardware store for a hose repair end. That’s the kind of things you do when stuck in port.
The weather was too unreliable for planning on grilling dinner so it was Nachos Supreme (a specialty of mine – RCB) washed down with the remaining sangria. We closed up all openings on the boat before turning in because there was certain to be storms – and there were. Tomorrow is my sister Lorraine’s birthday and she is still younger than me (RCB) - we’ll have to give her a call.