It was another cool, damp morning at 58 degrees when we woke up. Fortunately it warmed up a little later in the day with the sun coming out, but the wind was too strong to use the boat. We are fortunate we are not getting the scorching heat wave that a lot of the country is getting, but I would love a few warm days. Since it was not a good boating day, we decided to visit the Antique Boat Museum’s Doebler Storage Museum a few miles away from the downtown museum.
Before we went to look at boats, we met Peter and Paulla for lunch at Bella’s. The food was delicious again! I had to try the soup and sandwich that Gail had at our last visit (lobster bisque and chicken salad), but the hit of the day was Randy’s steak and cheese panini. That will be my choice if we get back again!
After lunch we went to Doebler Storage Museum. We drove right by it the first time, but realized our mistake soon enough. It is a large, tan building but there is no sign to identify the building. When we got there they were taking out a large wooden boat. The volunteers there told us a couple of the boats were being taken out to be put on auction the following weekend during the Clayton Boat Show. The storage facility was not as big as Randy thought it would be but I think he still enjoyed looking at the boats. He was particularly excited to see a 1959 Whirlwind Molded Plywood boat that was built in Cockeysvile, Maryland. He has seen similar boats at some of the Maryand antique boat shows we have gone to in St. Michael’s, Maryland, but he did not expect to see a Whirlwind so far from home. One of Randys previous clients had a Whirlwind that he loved. The client’s dad worked for Whirlwind and actually built his own one-of-a-kind boat. It was a combination of the different models the company made at the time.
Instead of dinner we decided to go to the The Gal’s Place for ice cream. It was packed when we got there. It appeared a local car club had decided to go for a cruise for ice cream too! Randy particularly liked the old Ranchero, but there were several nice cars.
