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I went out on my niece Cheryl and her husband, Ed’s houseboat yesterday. My brother, Don, met us there. I took Danny with me; I was going to take him on the boat but he got sick in the car on the way so we left him in Cheryl’s back bedroom. We had to shut him in as Cheryl has two big dogs. Sammy is a Black Lab and Daisy is a Golden Retriever. The dogs didn’t know each other so we thought it best to separate them while we were gone. Danny had his blankey, his favorite toy and a nice bed to sleep in.
The houseboat is very nice. It has an air-conditioned cabin and a fore and aft deck with a canvas awning for shade. It also has a top deck where you can climb a ladder up to the roof of the boat. It is equipped like a RV camper. It has a kitchen with microwave and a small bathroom with shower. The toilet has a chemical holding tank.
We cruised up the Bohemia River a short distance and put the anchor down in a nice cove. The Bohemian Manor was overlooking the cove. It is a Colonial Federal House with six chimneys. It is huge with two wings on the sides. I forgot my camera so when Ed sends his photos, I will put them on the blog.
We had lunch on the boat and then went for a swim. The weather was beautiful, about 80 degrees with sunshine. The water was calm except for when we were cruising in the channel and the speedboats made their wakes. We had on go by on each side so we got the wakes on both sides. It was like riding a bucking bronco. Yahoo!!
There were several boat parties in the river. (That’s what Ted and I called them. They are called rafting up. It is similar to a tailgate party. The boats park next to each other and can visit one another. One group had nine tied up to each other. On Canal Day, Cheryl and Ed were in a group of 43. Canal Day is a big celebration in Chesapeake City. The canal goes from the Delaware Bay to the Chesapeake Bay.
When we returned to Cheryl and Ed’s, my nephew, Rick, had called and invited us to his house for a spaghetti dinner. He lives about 20 minutes from Cheryl. Ed led the caravan over the back roads to Rick’s house. A fox darted out in front of me and I thought he was a goner. I didn’t feel any thump so I figured he made it. Don was behind me and said the fox made it by the fur of his tail. Next, a fire truck came barreling down on us. It was a narrow road with no shoulder to pull over. We made it to a shoulder just as the truck approached us.
Rick and Michelle had a nice dinner for us. They are having a Four-Season Room built onto the back of their house. It had just the sub floor finished. It should take about two weeks to complete. It will be nice as it is a southern exposure and the deck was too hot to sit out on.
I got home too late to blog. Danny and I went straight to bed.
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