Settling in to our summer home

Beginning to settle in to our summer Ashtabula home here at Kister Marina.  We've added flowers, steps to the RV and met many of the neighbors.

Everyone here, it seems, at one time was a boater, which makes it nice.  The "park" really came about for charter fisherman, who wouldn't live on their boats, but in their RV's parked onshore.  Boating and charter fishing has really been impacted by the high fuel costs.  Most of the RV'ers here still have their camping spot, pool together and fish off person X's boat, and this is mostly a place for weekenders from the Youngstown or Pittsburgh area.  Monday through Thursday its pretty much a ghost town.  Friday through Sunday everyone shows up.

Lake Erie sunsets
from Walnut Blvd.

 One thing that our southern RV'ers really don't understand, but I was thrown back into this past weekend, was the annual "opening up" of the rigs, the boats, etc.  Its a time we all looked forward to, usually the 2 or 3 weeks before Memorial Day.  Such a feeling of optimism, that winter is over and that summer is just around the corner.

 We've pretty much driven everywhere in town, seeing the changes both positive and negative.  The Ashtabula Lift Bridge is the iconic piece to this town and its still fun to see it.

On the Connie health front, we were glad to find out she can do her treatments right here at Ashtabula County Medical Center (ACMC) as they've become an affiliate of the Cleveland Clinic.  That will save running over to main campus (about an hour) every three weeks.  We have an appointment with a local doctor here this week that will be in charge of her treatments locally.

Sloopy struggles
to be comfortable

 Trying to drop my winter weight, and our friend Lenny helped by letting me use one of his bikes this summer.  Hoping to make it a routine I can stay with.