Man I hate pollen.
The howl of the wind is beginning to affect Team Helios. Stir crazy? Not us. James keeps telling me that the best way to fight out a storm is like Lt Dan from Forest Gump. Going up the mast with no legs just makes sense to you after 2 full days of wind.
You call this a storm?
Though the winds are gusting, the seas are not bad in our refuge. Back Creek does not have enough room to build any fetch. We have the lines doubled and tripled up and the fenders in all the right places. Every hour or so, James heads on deck to fiddle with the lines and then comes below to pronounce that everything is fine. But the next hour there always seems to be something else to fiddle with. Very strange.
Yesterday, about noon the first part of the storm calmed down and we both dashed up to the Holiday Inn for hot showers. There is a rather nice bath house and health club right at the end of the pier. James managed to find a Washington Post in the lobby, so I got to enjoy my Sunday paper in bed with my coffee. Today the boat is rocking and it is difficult to get off onto the dock. So James is camped out in the main saloon watching the food channel and I am on the computer in the back cabin. We have power, cable, Wifi, news, food and drinks. All the comforts of home.
It is somehow fitting that the worst east coast storm in 25 years pops up as the "Helios Frostbite Tour 06/07" is just about over. We are going to continue to hideout until we can make our final run north to Herrington Harbor in Deale Md. With a pot of chili on the gimbled stove and the fridge still making ice cubes, we are just fine.
Stay safe and enjoy,
P & J
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