It Is Manic Monday...

Yes, today is the day.  Dropped off the cat at Aaron's house... Whiskers seemed to be doing OK when we left.  He was out and walking around the family room and checking out had feeder and box in their laundry room.  I think he will have the best chance of acclimating there and getting along with Bear.  Taking him on the boat was just not going to work.

Ran out to the boat yesterday to put "trimmed" battens back in the sail, remove some additional equipment, add some other equipment, bring the large bin with canned and dry food stuffs on-board, and then wrestled the old Genoa (head-sail) into the storage compartment under the v-berth.  Still have one more 110v socket to install for the new 26" Vizio LCD HDTV and get a wall mount for it, but I can do that work on the trip.

Headed home and made one last visit to the Cowboy Bar for a late dinner (http://www.cowboyfoodanddrink.com/) and to say farewell to Kalib and Ross at the bar.

Today, getting last set of tasks complete: Oil change for my car, shutdown computers and shut-off house things, set-up the mail forwarding to Aaron, forward phones to our cells, get a VESA mount for the HDTV, do the final packing of cloths into bins, one final grocery shop and loading up food from the refrigerator into the cooler.

Neighbors are keeping an eye on the house and we are on the local police "House Watch List".  Jenessa will be by every few days to check on things and water plants.  Kathi meets with a landscaper this morning to arrange for lawn mowing.  I think we have everything covered.

Plan to leave before noon, get out to the boat, and get going.  The plan is to head to Mosquito Bay at Pelee Island and then "jump off" for the Detroit River tomorrow morning.  Weather looks good.

Environment Canada Marine Forecast:

Marine Forecast

Winds

Issued 03:00 AM EDT 24 May 2010

Today Tonight and TuesdayWind southeast 10 knots backing to northeast 10 near noon then increasing to east 15 early this evening. Wind diminishing to southeast 10 near midnight then becoming light Tuesday morning. Wind becoming east 10 near noon Tuesday.

Waves

Issued 03:00 AM EDT 24 May 2010

Today Tonight and TuesdayWaves 1 metre or less.

NOAA Lake Erie Marine Forecast:

NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
336 AM EDT MON MAY 24 2010
FOR WATERS WITHIN FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE ERIE
LEZ142>149-241400-
MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH-
THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH-
AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO 
GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH-GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO 
CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
336 AM EDT MON MAY 24 2010

TODAY
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING ONSHORE AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS.
SUNNY. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS.

TONIGHT
ONSHORE WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10
KNOTS OR LESS. CLEAR. WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS.

TUESDAY
EAST WINDS 10 KNOTS OR LESS BECOMING NORTHEAST. SUNNY.
WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS. 

TUESDAY NIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS 10 KNOTS OR LESS. MOSTLY CLEAR.
WAVES 2 FEET OR LESS. 
SEE LAKE ERIE OPEN LAKES FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY 
THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE WATER TEMPERATURE OFF TOLEDO IS 57 DEGREES...
OFF CLEVELAND 53 DEGREES AND OFF ERIE 57 DEGREES.

Weather.com Forecast: