Flat calm from sunrise until 10 am, but with rollers from the northeast. Must have been a disturbance way out in the big water on beyond Gooseberry. It made for interesting rowing.

A breeze came up as I was heading in, and that built into a serious southerly, which made possible a lively afternoon Windride.

On the big lakes everything happens, and it’s hard to know what to expect.

Very sunny and very warm.

For dinner tonight, a smorgasbord: the Heliotrope hors d’oeuvre (liverwurst, onion and mustard on triscuit), Purvis smoked whitefish, Burt Farm beef jerky, local farmer’s market pickled egg, tomatoes from marina Jim, and some imported aged Wisconsin cheese, along with a few Cheetos and a little Clamato juice.

Followed up with Sue’s plum torte.

Oh, yum.