August 14, 2017 Monday
What a difference a day makes. When we left Erie yesterday the forecast was waves one to two feet, what we got was two to four in the morning calming down to one to three in the afternoon. Today the lake was placid with the only waves coming from the wake of other boats, a perfect day to be on the water, or so we thought. By the time we got to Cleveland it had turned choppy and the waves were hitting our bow. Perfect morning, long afternoon.
We cruised by the Perry Nuclear Power Plant which began operation in 1987, it was the United States one hundredth nuclear power plant. More than one million homes get electricity from this plant. Since 1987 more have been built and others have been shut down, the total count for US nuclear reactors today stands at ninety-nine.
Cruising along the Cleveland skyline we passed two lighthouses while researching for the names of the lighthouses I came across a National Geographic photo of the West Pierhead Lighthouse, I’m not saying it gets cold in Cleveland but compare my picture with theirs
