What a wonderful day we had...yes again. We did not leave
our anchorage until 9am because the fog was too thick to move.
The channel we were in was very narrow and shallow, so we
wanted to ensure we had good visibility before leaving. We only ran 35 miles
today so we arrived at the next very narrow channel by 1:30pm and had the
afternoon to explore three rivers lake.
This lake is so
remote, that it does not even exists... apparently. Check out the GPS picture
that shows the boat on land.
We only crossed 2 tows today and it was a great cruising day
with the temperatures in the high 80's again. When we anchored we all dropped
our dinghies in the water and went to explore this lake.
Jim Senior told us
about Cyprus knees. Cyprus trees grow all along the lake shore and their roots
grow up, form a knee and then drop down again. 
He explained that they often have funny shapes that resemble
many things. Many people cut one off and use them as door stops or something. So off we went to find some interesting Cyprus
knees. The one I chose looks like a face of some sort. I cut it myself in about
5 min.
Sherrie spotted one that looked like a Ram's horn and this
is the one she wanted. The only problem was hers was not as easy to cut. I
thought for a while we might have to save Randy after he fell in.
We had both a
back saw and an ax. Randy sawed through about ¼ of the way on both sides and
then Jim Junior gave it a few good whacks with the head of the ax and finally
got it loose. All and all a very interesting afternoon and very entertaining.
Let's see what we find tomorrow. Night all
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