July 12: High Winds

Running against a strong wind. Biking with gusts
blowing us sideways almost off the road. Boating at MJ's lakehouse and
bouncing high off the water with each wave. Isaac and Dave sailing fast and
furious with just the main sail up.

We had great shelter from the elements last night at Mary Jo's and Jo's in Grand Rapids. Megan's morning run took her right up to Mary Jo's road, and while Megan slept in the afternoon, Dave, Louise, and Isaac went out on the wild water, to our great delight.

In the evening, waiting for Megan to finish battling the wind, Louise went into God's Country groceries and bait out on Route 38. She stopped by a display of greeting cards where an older, elfin man was worrying over the selection. "It's so hard to know," he confessed. "Some of these might be OK for some people, but ..." So Louise pondered the selection for a while and offered him what seemed like a neutral card. With relief, he took it back to his friends standing around the cash register drinking coffee. "That nice woman helped me pick out a card for my mother," he told them. "Did you tell her you couldn't read?" quipped one of his friends.

This is a photo of the view from Mary Jo and Jo's lakehouse--don't know if you can see the whitecaps or not.