To Graham creek - shrinkage
Nov 20
It has been a bit embarassing lately with this extended cold snap because my dinghy has shrunk a bit. With this cold weather it just can’t keep up its regular, robust self and, well you know, shrinkage happens. We could work on firming it up but then if it got warm fast there is no telling what would happen. So we are living with a dinghy with wrinkles. That’s the down side of the cold. On the upside we are living a carefree food lifestyle. Nothing is spoiling. We leave things out of the fridge and can walk away without worry. In addition no flies are around to land on it. Doesn’t get any better than that! And we are saving a bundle on sunscreen!
A grunt of a day – passing through Charelston SC
Nov 21
Up early to depart Graham Creek and already the winds have picked up. And these winds are carrying fewer degees of warmth than yesterday. On these days with lots of cold and wind as well as a need to attend to tricky navigation, Christopher heads “downstairs” to the shelter of the cabin and works away on the computer. Once set to task he sticks to it and then has some “relaxing time” to click away at whatever he wants to. He pops up now and then when something interesting is going on. Like when we hit bottom and got stuck at about 9:30am. Real stuck, and towboatUS had to ride to the rescue again. Pretty yucky being stuck with 30 mph cold winds battering you the whole time. The towboat guy drove up with a ski mask on. We never did know who he was.
Then it was to the Ben Sawyer Bridge and hope it would open. The bridge tender said if the winds are up she can’t open, but if we want to wait she’ll open in a lull. Luckily there was one and we and 5 other boats scooted through and into Charleston Harbor. With the wind blowing like this the harbor was rocking and now salt water was spraying over the deck to add the the ambiance of icyness. We pushed passed Charelston and headed up the Wapoo river. Wahoo! After a cold hard day of being beaten up by the wind and hitting the ground we deaked into a marina for the night. There we met a couple of boats from Port Stanley ON. This was a hit with Christopher because he goes there to see trains in the summer. Warm fuzzies all around as we plugged in our power cord and turned on the portable heater.
Nov 20
It has been a bit embarassing lately with this extended cold snap because my dinghy has shrunk a bit. With this cold weather it just can’t keep up its regular, robust self and, well you know, shrinkage happens. We could work on firming it up but then if it got warm fast there is no telling what would happen. So we are living with a dinghy with wrinkles. That’s the down side of the cold. On the upside we are living a carefree food lifestyle. Nothing is spoiling. We leave things out of the fridge and can walk away without worry. In addition no flies are around to land on it. Doesn’t get any better than that! And we are saving a bundle on sunscreen!
A grunt of a day – passing through Charelston SC
Nov 21
Up early to depart Graham Creek and already the winds have picked up. And these winds are carrying fewer degees of warmth than yesterday. On these days with lots of cold and wind as well as a need to attend to tricky navigation, Christopher heads “downstairs” to the shelter of the cabin and works away on the computer. Once set to task he sticks to it and then has some “relaxing time” to click away at whatever he wants to. He pops up now and then when something interesting is going on. Like when we hit bottom and got stuck at about 9:30am. Real stuck, and towboatUS had to ride to the rescue again. Pretty yucky being stuck with 30 mph cold winds battering you the whole time. The towboat guy drove up with a ski mask on. We never did know who he was.
Then it was to the Ben Sawyer Bridge and hope it would open. The bridge tender said if the winds are up she can’t open, but if we want to wait she’ll open in a lull. Luckily there was one and we and 5 other boats scooted through and into Charleston Harbor. With the wind blowing like this the harbor was rocking and now salt water was spraying over the deck to add the the ambiance of icyness. We pushed passed Charelston and headed up the Wapoo river. Wahoo! After a cold hard day of being beaten up by the wind and hitting the ground we deaked into a marina for the night. There we met a couple of boats from Port Stanley ON. This was a hit with Christopher because he goes there to see trains in the summer. Warm fuzzies all around as we plugged in our power cord and turned on the portable heater.
1 comment:
Yes, please be careful with your dinghy. An exploding dinghy is no laughing matter.
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