Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Day 5 - Rainy Tuesdays

Last night was a wet one. It rained so hard at some times that it woke us up and sounded like hail hitting the deck! I got up a couple of times to check on things and found it was just heavy rain, and lots of wind. By the time we finally got up around 7:00 am, it seemed as though the worst had passed. We actually started seeing some blue skies.  Then, a short while later, I looked out the window and saw that we had more bad weather approaching.

Aww, c'mon!! More rain???

Well, that was the last we saw of blue skies today. It rained the remainder of the day, well into the evening. It was also quite chilly, as the temps fell all day. It was 64 degrees when we woke, and quickly started falling. By noon is was in the low 50's, and by sunset it was in the 40's. Wind chill was 35 degrees. And it is supposed be colder tomorrow, and colder yet on Thanksgiving. Hard freeze warnings are up, and is supposed to be 29 degrees here Thanksgiving morning. Brrrrr!

Given the bad weather, no one left their boats today. Well, except us. I did have to make a bathroom run to shore for Duke. But he was out and back in the dinghy in less than minute. I don't think I have ever seen him go that quick!

Looking forward to landfall!

One bright spot in an otherwise gloomy day is that we received news that our good friends, Alan & Peggy, are going to be getting married. Congrats to them!!  An even bigger surprise, and a very exciting one, is that they have honored us by asking us to be best man and matron of honor. We are tickled pink to be allowed to participate in this event. Now if we can just get the wind to subside so we can get back to Bay St. Louis for the wedding! :)

We spent the day reading (thank goodness for Kindles), listening to music, and watching the rain, and blowing wind . When the wind gets to 30 mph and above, it makes some interesting sounds when passing through the aluminum framework on the flying bridge. It starts as a low thrumming sound, then builds to a sort of wailing. Kind of eerie, actually. I used to have a wind alarm set on our weather station; it would go off when the wind hit 30 mph. I now have it set at 40 mph, since the sound from the flying bridge serves as adequate alert to wake me in the night!

The heavy rain has alerted us to some leaky spots we had not seen before. So I have some new items added to my ever growing boat to-do list. Does this lists ever get shorter? I mean, we have had this boat nine years now, and I have completed hundreds of items on the to-do list. But it just gets longer, never shorter!

Since it was getting cold tonight, Paula suggested chili for dinner. Sounded perfect to me. So we cooked the ground chuck in the skillet, added the black beans and other ingredients, then transferred it to the small Crockpot we keep aboard. This allowed the chili to do the slow simmer it needed to develop the best flavor. Then, using a black cast iron skillet, Paula made some of her killer cornbread. Since the oven was already hot, she also baked one of the best pumpkin pies I have ever tasted.

Life certainly is good aboard!

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