Sunday, October 4, 2009

After breakfast, we took the dinghy over to the park dock landing so we could shower and give Lucy a little walk. At 10:15 we pulled the anchor and set out for Kentucky Dam Village State Park where we were going to rent a slip for the night and meet up with Gale’s nephew, Tony, and boys, Buddy and Eli, for the afternoon. After arrival at the park, we tucked into our slip, grabbed the keys to the courtesy van, and made a run into town for a few groceries. We were back at the slip at 1:30 pm and had just enough time to dig out and install the isinglass (translucent plastic) to enclose the cockpit before Tony, et al, arrived at 2 o’clock.

We met the Kubik men in the parking lot and Eli took Lucy on the leash into the grass. Suddenly, both Eli and Lucy were jumping around and trying to get away from buzzing and biting insects. They had walked through a hornets’ nest on the ground and stirred things up! Eli was stung once on the thumb and Lucy was stung numerous times. The hornets had attached themselves to her body, including the softer skin on her belly. Gale had to actually pull the bugs off. Poor Thing!

On the boat we gave everyone a quick tour and spent some time visiting before leaving the dock for a little ride aboard Blue Heron. We cruised across Kentucky Lake, traveled through the canal and stuck our bow into Lake Barkley, just so the kids could say they’d been on both lakes. Back at the dock, we grilled burgers and hot dogs and enjoyed a nice meal together. Eli and Buddy were excited when we asked if they’d like to spend the night on the boat. After making sure it was okay with both Tony and Pam, Tony left the boys with us and drove home alone. Gale, Eli and Buddy played a few games of Blokus, a board game using plastic pieces of different rectangular shapes. Everyone was in bed by 10 o’clock.