An unexpected journey

The August long weekend was another scorcher.  The club had a cruise to 50 Point YC, but we didn't sign up for this one.  Instead we stayed at QCYC and looked after some club chores.  On Sunday morning, a visiting boat couldn't get the engine started.  Ed and Paul worked in the heat to try to get it going without success, so Paul towed Paprika out the Eastern Gap, then went for a sail.  When he returned, Paul confirmed that the breeze was blowing on the lake, although it was quite calm at our dock.  Late in the afternoon, we dropped our lines, left the power cord on shore and headed off for a sail.

The wind was wonderful after the hot sticky weather at the club.  We were heading west, and after about a while, got talking about continuing on to the Lakeshore Yacht Club.  Ed called ahead, and we were assigned a slip.  We've never been to LSYC by boat, and with few landmarks, weren't quite sure what to look for on shore, but made it there just fine.

After checking in, the officer of the day was showing us around, and who was having dinner but Andrea of Paprika.  She invited us to join her and her friends for dinner.  They had mostly finished, but we got our burgers and veggies onto the club bbqs and joined them for an evening of good company.  At the end of the evening, Andrea introduced us to LSYC's 'Polish Navy' and invited us to join them for Polish Day on Aug 25.  

Monday morning, we took an easy 30 minute walk to the house on Third St. to check on the renovations.  The framing for the addition is mostly done, with the crew working on the roof.  Very exciting.