The Third Weekend of August!

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Well it had to happen sometime!  We have had our first rainy weekend in Muskoka in months.  As I write this it is looking lighter outside and perhaps the drizzle will stop.  Nice picture of an Owl staring at you! I put this in today as my daughter Jaclyn is up from Toronto for the weekend.  Jaclyn says she does not believe Owls exist as she has never seen one in the wild.  I thought I heard one Friday night out past the edge of the backyard but I could not see it.  The bush gets pretty thick quickly and there was not much light to work with.

Interest in new boats continues to be strong especially this week on the Monterey 194FS.  Nice family out of the Lake Simcoe area took delivery of a 2011 194 FS on Friday.  Huntsville Marine has found proud new owners for a large number of these in the last few weeks.  The 194FS is perhaps the best running 19'+ bow rider in big waters available today.  Couples in at the marina on Saturday looking after research  for 194's for Georgian Bay and Lake of Bays.

Interest grows in our new pontoon boat line Manitou. Manitou offers the only rough water capable pontoon on the market today.  Calls coming in form Georgian Bay in the past days for this type of pontoon and asking for Manitou after doing online research.  In the pouring rain a new 20" Oasis by Manitou was delivered down to the Gravenhurst area yesterday.  First of some 500 storage units came in yesterday as well. 

Our late summer maintenance cycle has begun at the marina with the outside getting a much needed new coat of paint and a new look.  Lots on the schedule over the next couple of weeks before boat storage gets serious in mid September.  There will be more on this later.

Pittsburgh Steelers on last night with their second exhibition game against the G men.  We prevailed and Big Ben got to see some action.  Leftwich looked  better than last week and I think Dixon looked the best of the three.  Quarterback controversy coming up on the horizon?  Toronto Blue Jays seem to be getting stronger in August. Lost too many close games earlier in the season to make the playoffs now.  They do seem to have a large problem with Boston.

Eleven days till shoulder surgery if I don't get delayed again!

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I included some nice shoots of Muskoka where the sun is shinning.