Someone Hit A Milestone

 Hello Friends.

Well on June 16th my baby brother

turned a young 60 years old.

Ever since we have been going to my mom's

he has become fascinated with the freighters.

To the point when I got in the car each time,

he wanted to know if we would see any

on our way up or back from my mom's.

So Bob and I took my brother Tom

over to Harsen's Island for his birthday

so he could see the freighters up close.

Here we are on the ferry getting ready

to take off.

On our way now.

It is a 5 minute crossing.

Here comes the first freighter.

The queen of the lakes herself.

Big Paul Tregurtha.

This is the biggest freighter on our great lakes.

She is 1,013 feet long.

Here comes the second one about

5 minutes behind.

The Canadian freighter 

CSL St Laurent.

This one is 730 feet long.

 Tom was really enjoying seeing these

freighters and decided to take pics

for himself.

Finally the last one before we left.

This one going down the channel,

while the other two were going up.

The American Mariner.

Another 730 foot freighter.

I was so glad my brother got to see 

some freighters that day.

After the American Mariner passed,

we headed off the island.

It was a good thing we did too...

as it started raining when I was driving

back to catch the ferry home.

We had a nice lunch.

Tom had a BBQ pork sandwich with fries.

I had a Turkey Reuben with fries.

Bob had some kind of Jammer sandwich.

It was Roast Beef, Bacon, sauteed Mushroom,

Swiss Cheese on a Ciabatta Bun with

a Horsey Sauce.

Not for me, but he liked it.

We shared a bucket (6 bottles) 

of Labatt's Blue beer.

It is a Canadian beer that we like.

The next evening my sister and BIL,

Bob and I, mom and Tom

had dinner at the Olive Garden

to celebrate my brother's birthday.

He got a free cheesecake 

which looked really good.

Bob and I indulged 

in a Strawberry Mango Margarita.

I had Chicken Parmesan.

Bob had Steak and Shrimp Tortellini.

Mom had Spaghetti with one Meatball.

The rest had Ravioli with meat sauce. 

All in all I know my brother had a few

wonderful birthday celebrations.

I hope he has many many more.

In other news,

The estate sale is over and done with.

Thank the Lord.

Next Monday Tom, Bob and I are

going to head back up to decide

what to do with what is left.

The remaining furniture will probably 

be put to the curb for FREE.

We cannot sell it in our store.

Its not in good shape.

The remaining books will be

donated to St Denis Catholic Church

for their book sale.

If  anything looks good the rest will be donated to

St. Mary's Catholic church for their

White Elephant sale.

Ladies from both churches approached

my friend who was doing the sale,

asking if we would donate.

She passed the info back to me.

My brother and I agreed to do it.

My mom would like that since

she volunteered at both churches. 

Birthday Blessings To All!

Janice