Dappled Sunset

This photo is not from today, which was more of a cabin day then a beach day. I woke up to the tap-tap-tapping of a steady rain falling on the uninsulated roof of the sleeping porch and then it rained off and on throughout the day. When it was not raining, it was still pretty dreary and cold out, not a beach day. We’ve had a lot of rain so far this summer, which has been good for the bugs, bad for the road and kind of meh for the rest of us, but now that it is getting hot down south, the weather up here should get nicer. 

We played games today to pass the time, Scrabble, Dominion and Civilization. Rey won the Scrabble game by placing two 7 letter / +50 point plays, but still only beat Anne by twenty points. I lost the Dominion game badly, again. Mainly, because the rules keep changing from game to game, when Rey and Becca change the types of cards used. Later, I found solace with a computer game of Civilization. Bubs and Harry went off to a high school reunion event. Leaving the rest of us to fend for ourselves come dinnertime. So, Anne, Rey, Becca and I will all troop over to Pickles for dinner tonight.

Foggy Beach

This photo shows yesterday’s fog, while looking down the beach from Doelle’s. Later, it cleared off and we had a very nice beach day. Today, it started off nice, but rain eventually rolled in. While it was nice, we all went to the Dancing Crane coffee shop. Then some of us continued on to the Point Iroquois lighthouse. Almost nightly, Becca leads us in a strategy game. She has brought two, Dominion and Ticket to Ride. The first is a card game, where the player are competing rulers and the objective is to collect the most land cards for your fiefdom. It is by far the more complicated of the two. Especially, considering that we are not even playing the entire game yet, with its multifaceted array of cards. It can be played both constructively and destructively. In Dominion, you can choose to either strive to better your own hand of cards or work to diminish the other player’s hands or both. I personally prefer Ticket to Ride, which is a railroad board game. The object of this game is to build your own rail network. It is a simpler game, with more luck and less strategy involved. Interestingly, on its highly stylized map of the US, it has the Soo as one of the destination.