Family Invasion

 Brewerton

Well, as things would have it, we woke up to a partly sunny day on Friday, June 17th, in Sylvan Beach with a bit of a wind that was forecast to pick up throughout the day. So, we had a bit of an early castoff and headed out into the lake. The trip down the length of Lake Oneida is only about 20 miles. Fortunately, the sea state had not picked up, so it was a pretty smooth ride. We arrived into Brewerton at about 9:30 am topped off the tanks, and relieved Next Chapter of her holding tank contents. The weather was very sunny, warm, but winds at 20+ mph. We were able to score the marina loaner wreck and made it to Wegmans to resupply the ship’s stores. My niece, Dawn, lives in Brewerton with her husband, Joe, and three dogs. Dawn finished work on Friday and met us on the boat. It was just so awesome to see her, newly married and busy as a chiropractor and a nurse practitioner working in Syracuse.    

We went to enjoy happy hour on board followed by dinner in town with Dawn and Joe. We returned to visit their beautiful home to meet the dogs!!! The next day we were joined by my oldest brother Mike and my sister-in-law Carol, Dawn’s parents. I secretly was hoping Carol was bringing a homemade pie and sure enough she showed up with a homemade rhubarb crumble. We headed into Syracuse for a fast spin through a farmers market. There was a Polish Festival going on so we checked that out too. The next day Carol and Mike cruised with us down the Erie Canal and got to experience a “lock.” Always great to see them!! It is so awesome to share a small piece of our epic journey with family.