25th

Yes - though time does fly - it has been 25 years - very good years! And to celebrate we didn't go out to a fancy restaurant. We didn't go out to a movie. Instead, even though it was a gray almost rainy day, we loaded up the kayaks and hit our closest lake - Findley of course. Since it is getting darker earlier and earlier we only paddled for maybe an hour and a half but we saw our usual herons and spooked a bunch of carp and even watched a pair of osprey circling the lake. And we had a chance to test out our new cold-weather wet-weather coats bought in Freeport this summer. And maybe our first taste of cool weather boating.

Once again we were putting our boats on the rack in the dark. With the clouds it gets dark very fast. We had the lake to ourselves and that means it was very quiet. I think we saw 5 walkers - no other boaters - no fishermen. As we drove out of the park we were watched by one lone deer. On the way home we dined at a Burger King. Kayaking was Nicki's choice though I approved. We can do fancy stuff another day - maybe this weekend? Oh yeah, I did do a bunch of roses delivered to Nicki at work. A good day. And, yes, I can do another 25 - easy.