More water fun

Yesterday we agreed we'd have a light breakfast today, so this morning Randy warmed up some leftovers. However...our leftovers included biscuits and gravy, banana muffins, and a pork chop that Randy diced up and mixed into fresh scrambled eggs. It was a great breakfast, but we missed the "light" goal.

No matter, we didn't have anything strenuous planned for today. We loaded up the boat with drinks and our dog and headed out. Our canal is still covered in green. This isn't algae, it looks like a lot of tiny leaves floating on top. 

Along our canal is a plantain tree with some plantains that are almost ready to be picked. Plantains are well camouflaged in the trees but that bright purple pod hanging below always gives them away.

Our canal opens into Lake Griffin, which is a large lake with a few houses along the shore, but not much else. It's pretty straightforward but sometimes you have to look really hard to spot a landmark. 

Even with extra eyes, there can be some confusion.

 When in doubt, call in the experienced navigator - Shorty. 

We turned into Haines Creek, which always has more boats on it that the lake. It's a pretty canal between lakes, with lots of birds, water lilies and cypress trees.

After exploring the creek awhile, we returned to the lake and continued on to Pirats Oasis.  There wasn't a breeze here today so it was really hot there but our burgers and fish were good, as usual. And this is always a good place to gas up the boat. I thought it was funny to see a buzzard hanging around - it adds atmosphere to this place, which already has plenty of that. 

After a late lunch we boated back home across Lake Griffin, which was as smooth as it could be. No storms today.

Our church has started having a Saturday evening service this month so we attended that service tonight. When it was over, it seemed like a good time to visit Mystic Ice Cream again. This is one of our favorite places for ice cream because the ice cream is very good and the atmosphere is very interesting.