Sturgeon Bay Day 2

Sturgeon Bay Day 2

The local AGLCA Harbor Host, Tim Kneeland, dropped off the Amazon stuff we ordered that was shipped to his house and toured our boat (which doesn’t take long). He even offered the use of his car for shopping or visiting the beautiful local State Parks. Don’t forget to contact HH on your loop for local info and help if needed.

We visited the Sturgeon Bay Maritime Museum ($14 geezer fee), a ten story tower with exhibits on each floor. We took the elevator up and walked down. Well worthwhile. Quarterdeck Marina has beautiful grounds and a captain's lounge, a huge pool, HVAC bath house, laundry, gas and floating docks…all the things we look for. We stayed extra days to enjoy the city, take a break, and avoid facing the unusual South winds when we head down to Chicago. Winds are forecast (for what that’s worth) to shift westward over the next few days.

I got a minor scrape that’s getting infected so we got a cab to the Urgent Care clinic to get an antibiotic. It had a robot prescription issuing machine right on site that fills the bottle, attaches the label, and drops it into the bin exactly like a Coke vending machine, but with a $4 convenience fee, and a lot more noise. That saved us $40 in additional cab fees, so a good deal overall. We’ve never seen anything like that before!

We passed a fenced area with huge SS and Nibral parts and could not figure out what they were. I don’t think large prop blades are bolted on, plus the shape is wrong. Sing out if you have a guess.

I included a pic of Navigational lights at the Museum. Here is the night navigation lighting trivia quiz for the month:

Usually, NAVAID lights are flashing, but vessel lights are steady burning. Name five exceptions where vessels (excluding emergency response vessels) will exhibit flashing lights. A free emoji to the first correct answer! (Hint: COLREGS).

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