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I created this blog to document the sights of our boating season
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Saturday, September 29, 2012

The weather forecast kept me close to home last weekend.  The boating season is rapidly coming to a close.  The leaves are turning and temperatures cooling.

Arriving at the marina Friday evening, the still flag promised a flat lake for the morning...as did the NOAA forecasters.

So up at "dark thirty", I ventured out into the harbor channel and sensed a "motion in the ocean".  Could it be the forecasters made an error?  Well, the horizon is still horizontal.  I just couldn't capture that effect in a pitching boat.

The sun rose and the fishing went from poor to poorer.

I actually caught a couple small "eater" fish (salmon and steelhead) but couldn't get much to bite so I called it a day.  This may be the last trip of the season.  Notice the horizon remains "skewed". 

Back in the harbor, the Pere Marquette barge passes while I wait for the gas dock to clear.  This is one of the former railroad car ferry boats that has been cut down into a barge.

I spent the afternoon packing up the dinghy and plan on changing the oil in the motors tomorrow.  Like I said, it's all coming to an end.  Maybe one more week...maybe not.  The weather seems to have changed now and isn't very good for boating.


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