Pirates Cove Marina

350 easy miles today, mostly on tollways. Slept well on C-Traveler in the Cleveland Cracker Barrel parking lot, but as several reviews said on the All Stays app, there are RR tracks near by and a train goes by about every 30 mins. It's very nearby, like within a football field length. (Just across the parking lot and side street.) However, I didn't find it all that loud, at least it wasn't blowing it's horn. I know I don't hear so well, but Rosanne said it didn't bother her either. :-) On the road again at 7:30a and arrived at Pirates Cove Marina at 2pm. My cruising buddy Bill, with Mystery Girl (a Ranger Tug 23), arrived at noon and was already launched. We decided to stay at the marina this evening and head out on the Erie Canal tomorrow. Bill also had a two day drive from his home in South Carolina. Got C-Traveler launched after doing all the routine prep and into the slip. Then placed our bicycles on the bow bike rack. Checked the trailer brakes to see how my new bronze bushings held up. They did fine. However....a brake pad backing was missing it's pad on the rear right brake! :-( I pulled a pad off of one of my spare calipers to replace it. Bill decided he should check his brakes, as he has the same ones I do. He found one of his rubber bushings gone, so replaced that. (That's the third or fourth one in 8 years I believe he said, so his issue isn't as extreme as mine was. But Dexter has an issue with their DB35 calipers and rubber bushings!!!) We all went for supper at a restaurant on the premises, Docks Grill at Pirates Cove. Hope to catch up with another buddy of ours tomorrow or the next day that is also cruising the Canal.Read more