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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 12:48:03 GMT
Winter is Coming
The Holidays were quiet and peaceful here in North
Carolina. Of course we are at the end of the road near the end of the
country and the eastern most edge of the south. The world storms rage
around us but we are safe in our hurricane hole at the moment. It has been
cold and windy. We have seen winds over 30Knots and temperatures have been
down to the mid 20's. The weather swings wildly. One day the temp is 28
in the morning and by afternoon it is 60. On those days the wind blows
hard. When it does, the boat rises and lowers almost like the tides. We
are far enough inland that the tides don't affect us, but the wind blows
the river in our out and raises the water level a good 3 feet each way.
When it does that it can be difficult to get on or off the boat. The north
wind brings high water and the south wind brings low water. Since our boat
draws 5.5 feet there are days we are in the mud and there are days we are
riding high. When the north wind blows and the temperatures drop the marina
cuts off the water for upto a week at a time and we have to live on our
stores. We have 200 gallons so this is usually ok but we do have 4 people
on board so we have to be careful. Lila is getting used to the boat and
has even ventured on deck a couple times. She seems to prefer nights and
during the day she skulks around hugging low to the ground. Wanda, Sam,
Hannah and I are doing fine and we thank you for enjoying our blog. We hope
you had a wonderful holiday and for those who did not we wish you better
days in the future. Our prayers are with everyone in this crazy world. As
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you! God's grace be with you all and may this be a good year!