We got the two royalex canoes down in the basement. They get to winter down there to prevent cold-cracking because they are plastic boats with wood and the two materials have different expansion/contraction rates at extreme temperatures. Since they set up it means that the rest of the basement can be cleaned.
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On the Wed. Bridgit and her mother cleaned the basement for me. Awesome!
There are some places around SE Michigan that is less then hospitable to canoeing due to motorboat traffic. I love canoeing some of these places, but it is really only worth doing outside of the Memorial-Labor Days window. A couple weekends ago Bridgit, Eli, and I paddled Highland and Halfmoon lakes in the Pinckney area. We were paddling along the north end of Halfmoon and I saw a bird dive under the surface. It came up behind us and it was a Loon. I have never seen one this far south, but I am certain that it was a loon. I must have caught it on it's way south.
I took it as a good sign. Too bad Eli was asleep.