Rained Out

Today we thought we'd get the power boat from the storage yard, clean it up in our driveway and then launch it and cruise around a little. Finally the temperature was in the low 80's and it felt warm enough to go boating. We took a burrito break around 1:30pm and suddenly the skies got very dark. I checked the satellite weather images and sure enough a little cell was headed right in our direction. We abandoned the burrito-making and quickly manoeuvered the boat into the garage. It just fit, and we were just in time. The thunder and rain came moments later. The trees were blowing, lots of lightening, small hail was pelting everything and the cats were stuck outside somewhere too. Here is a short video clip. Listen close to hear the hail banging on the truck. After it blew over, we had about a 2 hour window and then the skies opened up again, this time for much longer. We really needed that rain and hopefully this will bring the lake up a bit. We also discovered that a ton of ants had colonized in the boat. Major pain. I hope we got them all. We will probably have to hit the engine compartment with another shot of raid and a good vacuum in a few weeks. Other than that, the boat is in good shape and we will be launching it tomorrow and it will stay in its slip until the fall.

Last night we had a new dish for dinner: Tofu with Vegetables and Pasta. You can see in the photo that Andrew modified his by adding some cubed ham. We watched the DVD "Shop Girl". We had both read the book a long time ago and we thought the movie last night was pretty good. It was a normal story about normal people - it was rather refreshing that there was no violence or over-the-top scenarios. However, the character of Jeremy might have been a little overdone.