Goin' Mobile-A Dance Gypsy's tour of the country

Monday, May 28, 2012

   Woke up to hard rain on the roof of the trailer, wondering in my semi-sleepy haze whether the leak over the bed was going to start up suddenly and once again require me to rig up the upside down umbrella under the roof vent in order to to catch the leaking water before it hit my knees. But the repair seems to be holding for the time being and it being only 6:30, went back to sleep.

   It continued to rain for most of the morning. Sometimes barely making a noise on the roof and at other times creating a din that required me to turn the radio up in order to catch the NPR news. By 11:00 it was finally done and the clouds started to blow away and the sun came out beaming. The temperature rose, as did the humidity of course.

   Didn't really have that much to do today, other than catch up on my sleep. Went down town and wandered a couple streets down there and took a few pictures of some neat older houses and other buildings. Walked down by the river and the canal watching a couple boats locking through. Not much else was stirring on this Memorial Day.

   Went over and caught the new Men In Black movie late this afternoon. An okay movie, but like most movies of this genera, that is about all you can say about it. Some good special effects, made better by being in 3-D, a good Boys Night Out kind of movie but not destined to win any awards.

    Another walk this evening just to watch the sunset over the far side of the lake. Pretty day and a nice quiet evening. One more day here and then it's off to another adventure. In the meantime; here are a few pictures of the Selkirk Light House I took yesterday.

Set on a point of land nearly a quarter of a mile inland from the edge of the lake this light house is similar to many on the Great Lakes. The main building is of laid up native stone and contained the living quarters for the light keeper and his family. The light is of the 'Bird Cage' design which is rare on light houses in general.