It was nice to sleep in before we left Buffalo. We took our time returning the gate card and checked out the observation tower then took P for a really long walk as once one the boat she would not be getting off for at least 24 hours. About 10am we shoved off on what would be the final leg of our trip. It was going to be about 220NM across Lake Erie and we thought we could do it in about 24 hours. This would be our longest crossing since we had originally purchased our first boat and did this same trip. Last time it took us 16 days to go from Sea Bright New Jersey to Gibraltar Michigan. This time we were on track to do it in half the time and didn't have to run from sun up to sun down. How things have changed in the last 14 years yet here we are still in a hurry to get home so I guess not everything changes.
The weather forecast looked great for the next 36hrs and we decided to go. The weather was great it was almost flat clam the entire trip across. The engine ran great and the crew held up well. P was not too excited as she decided to hold going to the bathroom for 24 hours but we expected that and really attempted to limit her water to keep her from being too uncomfortable. Before leaving we had worked out a shift schedule so everyone could get at least 8hrs sleep with a plan to rotate watches every 4 hours. Once underway Max and Amy seemed pretty happy running the boat. I took a nap and watched a movie amongst other things. Then about 9pm as it started to get dark I took a shift & Max decided to keep me company until about 11:30. The plan was that I would run the boat until 2 or 3am but was feeling pretty good after my rest earlier and kept going until Amy came up about 5:30 at which point I took a couple hour nap and all of the sudden we were almost back at our home dock. It really was an uneventful passage. Amy made cookies, we ate well, the weather was great what more could we ask for. The only weird thing that happen was the generator overheated at one point and shut off. We didn't really need it but I suppose that will be one more thing to put on the fix list after we get home.
About 9:45am we were docked at our home dock at Monroe Boat Club where we had left from last August. The trip worked out to be slightly less then 24 hours. Luckily for us we have a great extended family that had dropped off a car for us. We loaded up a few things and any food we thought might go bad and headed home. Just like that our trip was done.
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