Day 52 - Who needs plans?
Well, Captain woke up at 5am to hear heavy wind outside. He was right, the sounds of the anchor rode getting taut around the Samson post and the howling wind passing our hatch was pretty strong. I begrudgingly said we didn’t have to leave today and rolled over and went back to sleep. When I awoke at 7am the winds had died down to the predicted winds and my mood soured pretty quick. We could have moved today and gotten ahead a little, but now we were for sure here another two nights as we needed to get going in order to avoid heavy winds later in the afternoon. My name means “bee” and sometimes I think it is highly appropriate for me. I don’t sit well very often and having plans change on me to just sit with kids who never even got off the boat yesterday wasn’t what this admiral wanted. Captain made a good point though; if we had to be held up for three nights this was a great place to be, and most certainly better then being held up in Whiskey Bay. We are quite fond of this anchorage.
We took Kona to shore and met another nice couple with their Chesapeake retriever. Kona and Holly played tennis ball for a long time while we chatted on shore. After we returned to Ciara my spirts were lifted as we enjoyed a lovely morning with the kids up on deck with breakfast Bloody Mary’s (for adults) and re-doing Captains braids.
Captain took the kids to shore to play “Lord of the Flies” for awhile. They needed to get off the boat and we needed some quiet time with space. That turned into the most glorious nap.
Sure enough the late afternoon the wind was howling and I was grateful we weren’t out in bigger water trying to beat the up coming storms. The air temperature dropped dramatically and you could see the storm clouds coming in. We battened down the hatches and closed the portals and took Kona to shore one last night before the rain. We enjoyed a dinner of BBQ Pork sandwiches and chips and played a few rounds of card games before the evening rolled into bedtime.
It was a very laid back, nothing to report day. Most of what to report is in my head and is a complicated mix of emotions. But my crew cheered me up and we had a nice family day just relaxing, doing exactly what we would have done at home if there was nothing better to do as well, and that is ok. We will for sure be here now through Thursday so I suspect another lazy day ahead. This time I’m ready and excited to do the things that time allows rather then feeling like I need to be moving somewhere.
