Day 32- July 23

Day 32: July 23rd 36,434 on my odometer

We are up in time for breakfast at the same diner we had dinner at last night. The food is again mediocre. The weather has not improved; off and on rain all day. Between showers we manage to rent a canoe and spend a couple of hours paddling across the lake. We see some lakefront property for sale that I think would be a great place to live. One really nice place even has its own little island we paddle around. Actually, if I had a spare million and a quarter I could buy the place we’re staying at. The economic downturn has made places available, but not exactly affordable for us.
The rain holds off enough that we stay pretty dry. Helps that we don’t tip the canoe, though I lightheartedly threaten to deliberately spill us in. The black flies and deer flies are biting, have to remember to bring some bug repellant next time. They don’t seem to be bothering Ceci at all though.
We pull back in to shore and play fetch for a while with the shopkeepers dog. Probably missing our own dogs that we left at home just a little bit. We are getting regular good reports from our dog/housesitters though so no worries.
As the rain returns, we spend the rest of the day window shopping and checking out the town. We get pizza from a small tourist shop with no indoor seating. We end up eating it outside in the rain. I am disappointed as this is most definitely not a NewYork pizza. I am a pizza snob. Then we head back for another relaxing evening at the cabin. I put maybe 2 miles on the bike. Ceci thinks her arms are going to be sore after all the rowing.