If you look at the picture of the tugboat closely -- click on it to make it larger -- you see that it has a rope tied to it that is really tight. One end was tied to the tug and the other end was tied to the cast iron mooring on the breakwater and there were measurement devices attached to it for a test. They were testing the rope's tensile strength -- how hard you can pull the rope before it breaks-- The rope didn't break before they quit pulling so I guess it passed the "test".
We finally took pictures of the restaurant with the goats on the grass roof. The grass is very brown where the goats have been "mowing". The restaurant is called Al Johnson's and its in Sister Bay. We haven't been in the place to check out the story behind the goats.
If you click on the picture of the water to make it larger you can see the ore carrier. We were out fishing -- maybe two or three miles offshore and saw the ore carrier about 9 miles out from where we were. It is very strange to share the water with really big ships. The nice thing about fishing in the waters of Green Bay is that the big ships have to stay in the very middle of the bay to avoid all the hazards. Most of the structure we are fishing is closer to shore and unless we are going to cross the bay and go to the Upper Peninsula we shouldn't have to worry about the really big ships.
No fish caught yet -- we hear they are catching walleye like mad about 35 miles south of us where the water is warmer.
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