Such a glorious way to start the day!
Does the "Red sky at morning, sailor take warning" saying hold true on the Great Lakes like it does on salt water?
Does this hold true anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere? I've heard this all my life and it never made sense to me, at least not in the Northern Hemisphere where the weather generally moves from west to east.
If there's a red sky in the morning, that means it's in the east and already past you and moving away (generally). That should mean that fair weather should be next - correct?
What am I missing?
Does the "Red sky at morning, sailor take warning" saying hold true on the Great Lakes like it does on salt water?
Does this hold true anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere? I've heard this all my life and it never made sense to me, at least not in the Northern Hemisphere where the weather generally moves from west to east.
If there's a red sky in the morning, that means it's in the east and already past you and moving away (generally). That should mean that fair weather should be next - correct?
What am I missing?
I'm with you, Nsail. It never made any sense to me and only seemed to hold true about 50% of the time in the Midwest where I grew up. I figure it's a wive's tale.
Don- yes that is Dogleg. We are creatures of habit I guess- excellent anchorage, close to the marina, dock at the back of the cove to dinghy the dog to shore....what more could I want except maybe a tiki bar with cheap drinks?
I wanted to post a pic of why I deal with owning boats,but photobucket has crapped out tonight
So we hop over with the dog in the dinghy, tie up, walk over and just started chatting away with them. I then found out it was their dock. They said their family had built it many years ago and he now owned the cabin that was associated with the dock. He said they pretty much were claiming squatters rights for the dock at this point even if it is on park land. 
Don, somehow missed seeing your post quoted above until now but how is this possible? I thought you were only 29?!
That's got to be the same dock. Funny thing- earlier this summer we went over there and there were a bunch of people gathered around a campfire hanging out. I had always assumed it was part of the state park since, well, it's all within the state park land there!
Anyway- family I was talking to said their grandparents had built the cabin and dock some many years ago and that the cabin had been in their family for generations and they came up for summer vacations. They told us we could use the dock any time and we had a good time visiting with them for a bit. They recognized our boat as always being anchored out there and they keep their ski boats in dry stack at Island Cove. small world!
BTW, since you built the dock- is it still under warranty? Dock is holding up
Nope, no warranties in effect. It was only warranted to the original owners.
Tony, that is truly amazing. Their grandfather had to have been J. M. Ferry. He and Tom Malone (Uncle Tommy) bought the land together and split it. They built two identical cabins. I helped on the Malone cabin, and we built the dock for both to use. The Ferrys had a daughter named Mickey. She has to be their mother. She was my age. I first dated my late wife at that cabin. Many, many memories. We boys slept out on the sleeping porch. Gosh. did we have fun.
