Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 5:00 a.m. in "The City."

There are no active advisories, alerts, and/or statements in effect for today. To be redundant, that in itself is unusual. I could mention that we do have a high pollen count, but that would just scare allergy sufferers. Oops, I did.

We have a current temperature of 68° as we drop to our overnight low of 62°, before rebounding to today's high of 75° under mostly-sunny skies. Once again, "What's not to like?" The sun will rise today @ 6:33 a.m. and set tonight @ 9:08 p.m.


Since I mentioned the lack of alerts/advisories/warnings, I should also mention that we traveled to the shores of the "Big Lake" to see what we could see and photograph yesterday. What we saw at Grand Haven State Park and the next door Grand Haven City Beach, was people swimming in what were wavy conditions, with some people flying kites on the beaches. Of course, there were a few people holding, but not riding, wave boards too.



I took some pix which I'll share now in no particular order. However, we didn't leave the car.

Looked like an airplane, but it was a kite.

As I said, holding wave boards, but not riding.

The water and the waves were encroaching on the beach volleyball nets.

People were just enjoying the relatively uncrowded conditions following the morning rain.

The stormy conditions that prevailed in the morning, caused the cancellation of the annual "Parade of Ships" that normally showcases the arrival of the USCG ships into GH. All of the local radio/TV stations broadcast the cancellation, so the usual crowds were not in town.

However, as we drove, I took some pix of the ships as we passed. The large ship was a cutter, while the other was an ocean-going tugboat.

Cutter

Same.

A long range view of the cutter.

USCG Bay-class, ice-breaking tugboat #102,

Our sojourn next took us to Spring Lake, where I took some pix of the current high-water and algae-covered Grand River in Mill Point Park. FYI, Spring Lake had a lumbering past, with many saw mills that cut the lumber for the rebuilding of Chicago after the great fire of 1871!. The parking lot and boat launching ramps in Mill Point Park were partially underwater and the water near the shore was algae-covered.

While not appealing to tourists, for pictures, I loved the park.

Has the shoreline been "Slimed?"

The slime goes out quite a distance.

Some people braved the water-covered roads, we turned around in spite of having a Jeep™.

Baseball news yesterday was all positive for the teams that played,

The 56 - 49, tied for 1st place in the NL Central Cubs were off yesterday before traveling to St. Louis to meet the also 56 - 49 Cardinals @ 8:15 p.m. EDT as Yu Darvish takes the mound. The winner gets to claim 1st place for at least one night. The Cubs, like most contending major-league teams, are hoping to add to their bullpen staff along with a solid hitter.

My beloved, 59 - 48 3rd place in the AL East Red Sox were also off yesterday before welcoming the 2nd place Tampa Bay Rays to Fenway Park tonight @ 7:30 p.m. as David Price, 7 - 4, goes for the Sox. who hope to add a relief pitcher before the trade deadline Wednesday night at midnight..
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The rebuilding, 31 - 71, 5th place in the AL Central Tigers, did play, and Jordan Zimmerman got his first win of the 2019 season, as the Tigers toppled the 55 - 53, 3rd place in the AL West Angels, 7 - 2. Tonight's game in Anaheim features Drew Verhagen, 1 - 1, @ 10:07 p.m.


The 35 - 70, 7th place in the MWL East West Michigan WhiteCaps also were victorious last night, as they defeated the 64 - 39, 2nd place Great Lakes Loons, 9 - 1. The Caps travel to South Bend, IN to meet the South Bend Cubs tonight @ 7:05 p.m.

I have only one plan for today, and that is to go to my final appointment for my knees at the orthopedist after a lunch at the hospital salad bar.

Mary is still hard at work on my kitchen apron. I have to remind her that she needs to visit the Needlesmith around the corner for a better needle threader.

Oh, by the by, I have been listening to the Eagles channel on Pandora™ while I blog. I'll include the current song, One of These Nights, as a closing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESc2Tq2HzhQ

Ciao.