Summer...

While we haven't traveled far from home, Buddy has been getting allot of use, leaving the dock almost daily. With the warm weather, we go for rides in the early evening to cool off, often stopping for a swim in our clear fresh water. The water temps are currently around 75-80 degrees.

Memorial weekend we headed north for a few nights, spend Friday night on the hook at Horseshoe Island, a part of Penninsula State Park. http://tinyurl.com/7zr8d9f  We had the island to ourselves.

The island is a beautiful place, but during the summer it can get busy with many boats anchoring in the u-shaped harbor, running a line to shore to tie off of a Cedar tree.

We did the usual walk, enjoying the solitude. Door County is a popular summer and fall vacation spot. It gets a bit busy at times, but we know where and when to go to enjoy all it has to offer.

For July 4th we again headed north, stopping in Egg Harbor on the 3rd for the fireworks display. We got our fill as the Village has one off of the public beach. Then the homeowner on the point in the sunset photo tries to out do the Village...

This year Buddy has been involved as the ferry/work boat to our J80 sailboat that we keep on a mooring not far from our house. Today the Admiral and a friend hauled me to the top of the spar for a bit of maintenance to the spinnaker halyard sheeve box.