WE'LL BE ON THE ROAD EARLY THURSDAY MORNING

 GODERICH'S ROTARY COVE

Predicted overnight rains missed our area but caught up with us earlier this morning bringing thunder, lightning, and lots of rain.  Pheebs and I headed off to Goderich.

 SOMETIMES WE HAD RAIN THIS MORNING

 AND SOMETIMES WE DIDN'T

I noticed last week that the Solo gas bar in Goderich's south end was undergoing some kind of renovation.  It has been my favorite gas bar for years because the Gal gas attendant there liked Pheebs and always gave her a treat.  The gas bar is transitioning to an ESSO station and it was a different attendant today.  Despite Pheebs having her head out the back window looking for her favorite person with a treat.....attention and a treat were not forthcoming.  Pheebs was so depressed when we left the gas bar that she laid down in the back seat for the next ten minutes.  Maybe it won't be our favorite gas bar anymore.  With a McD's coffee in hand, we followed our windshield wipers down to the harbor and out to Rotary Cove.  A quick stop at Walmart and we were soon on our way home splashing through a few water puddles along the way.  

 A LARGE LAKE FREIGHTER AT THE GODERICH GRAIN TERMINAL

 DECK HANDS PROBABLY DISCUSSING THE GRAIN LOADING PLAN.....AND HEY, ISN'T THAT ONE GUY UP THERE POPEYE'S NEPHEW??

 I THINK THE ALGOMA NIAGARA IS OVERDUE FOR A GOOD CLEAN-UP AND NEW PAINT JOB

 THE CAPTAIN AND OFFICER'S QUARTERS ARE LIKELY AT THE TOP LEVELS WITH THE CREW QUARTERS KITCHEN AND CAFETERIA ON THE LOWER LEVELS

Needless to say, without much of anything of interest to write about I snuggled into my sunroom recliner with my Kindle and promptly fell asleep for an hour or two.  Tomorrow we have a bit of a long day.  We will leave here early in the morning and not return until later in the afternoon.  Kelly has two different appointments in two different London Hospitals................  

 A ROADTREK CAMPER VAN DRIVES OUT AROUND THE ROTARY COVE AREA THIS MORNING

Al's Music Box:)) Muskrat Love by The Captain and Tennille from the album, 'Song of Joy'.  1976  According to Toni Tennille, who formed Captain & Tennille with her husband Daryl Dragon, the duo had added the song to their nightclub set list a few years earlier after hearing the America single on their car radio: "I said to Daryl: 'Did you hear that? I swear they're singing about muskrats.'

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A farmer was driving along the road with a load of fertilizer. A little boy, playing in front of his house, saw him and called, "What've you got in your truck?"  "Fertilizer," the farmer replied.  "What are you going to do with it?" asked the little boy.  "Put it on strawberries," answered the farmer."You ought to live here," the little boy advised   him. "We put sugar and cream on ours."

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The husband and wife were playing on the ninth green when she collapsed from a heart attack. "Please dear, I need help." she said.  The husband ran off saying "I'll go get some help." A little while later he returned, picked up his club and began to line up his shot on the green.  His wife, on the ground, raised up her head and said, "I'm dying and you're putting?"  "Don't worry dear, I found a doctor on the second hole who said he can come and help."  "The second hole??? When in the hell is he coming???"  "Hey! I told ya not to worry." he said, practice stroking his putt. "Everyone's already agreed to let him play through."

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