Monday, October 5, 2009

We slept in until 8 this morning. It was feeling rather cold and damp with the nice rain we had last night and temperatures in the 50’s. After breakfast, Gale and the boys took Lucy out for a walk and then came back to play a few rounds of Blokus. Finally around 11 am they deemed it warm enough to go out fishing in the dinghy. After about an hour with no bites, they were back on the boat and looking for some lunch. We scrounged what we could from the refrigerator and came up with enough to satisfy two growing boys and two adults. We had planned to rent a car and drive back for an appointment in Des Moines on Wednesday, so the food supply on board was down to a minimum.

Tony arrived about 2:30 pm while Gale had the boys out in the dinghy catching small pan fish. They were within a few yards from the boat and the boys hollered at their dad that they were having some good luck fishing. When everyone was back on the boat, we visited for a few minutes before walking our company back up to their vehicle. We said our goodbyes and made plans for one more possible get together before we left the Kentucky Lakes area.

It was now time to figure out how we were going to watch tonight's Monday Night Football game -- a highly anticipated matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings. If you are a football fan, you would know that Brett Favre was the star quarterback for the Green Bay Packers for 17 years but was traded to the Vikings last year. Maureen spent some time on the internet trying to figure out how to get the game on the computer without having to subscribe to a service for a year or more. When Gale went to the marina office to pay for another night in the slip, he asked the manager if there was a sports bar nearby that we could walk to. Evidently the nearest sports bar was in Paducah, 25 miles away. We kept forgetting that we were in a “dry county” surrounded by other “dry counties” so there were no bars close to our location. The manager then mentioned that if we’d like to, we could use Houseboat #10 – he would leave it open and the television tuned to ESPN.

After a quick dinner, we walked down the dock to Houseboat #10 and entered a luxurious yacht with a living / dining / galley area that could accommodate more than a dozen people. There were six staterooms – each with a queen-sized bed and vanity with sink. There were also two full baths. All of this was part of the main living space. Then, on top of the boat, not only was there a place to pilot the yacht, but also a wet bar, a huge hot tub and a large open area big enough to hold a dance! We certainly enjoyed watching Minnesota beat Green Bay aboard this beautiful boat.