Sign, sign, everywhere a sign

After a nice visit with our friends in Rochester, we spent a rainy Monday doing chores - laundry and more groceries (i.e. beer).  Tuesday was again windy from the west, so we decided to stay another day and walk across the bridge to Charlotte.  We went early in the day, before the worst of the heat, which is a good thing, because we didn't bring water, and none of the shops were open yet.

We had heard that there was a new marina on the west side of the Genesee River, and found the City of Rochester Marina's manager to chat about the place.  It's a beautiful facility built out of a parking lot, behind the fast ferry terminal.  As the fast ferry was short-lived, and the building is not in use, the marina office will be moving in there.  It's very convenient to the beach (closed today because of high winds and lots of algae in the water), carousel, and several restaurants.  Could be a good option if RYC or Shumway are unavailable, and makes for a nice change of pace to be on that side of the river.

On our walk back, we came across a couple of interesting signs - one in a shop (we're definitely not in Toronto), and another on the entrance to a the Lake Ontario State Parkway.  

Dan & Marietta from Point Breeze YC told us the parkway had been built during the cold war, as a way to evacuate people from Rochester in case of attack by the Russians.  The road ends near Oak Orchard and is lightly used, so is poorly maintained, which means it gets even less use.

In the afternoon, I went for a swim at the RYC pool, and met Diana and Marty from Mimico Cruising Club.  We had them over for a visit after dinner.  As Diana was signing the guest register, so noticed that she knows our last visitors - Cara & Colette.