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View through Kite's windows today.
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No progress today. After listening to the weather forecast last night (severe t'storms today and tomorrow) we decided that we wanted to stay a bit longer at St. Simons Island. This morning it looked a little like the forecast was not going to materialize, but we our decision was vindicated by noon when the first thunderstorm rolled through. Since then there have been a few more, and the weather radio is constantly relaying severe weather warnings throughout the region. The view through our windows looked a lot like this all day.
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| Brown pelican and royal terns flocking on the dock. |
We've decided to stay here until the weather improves, likely Monday morning. Meanwhile we have been enjoying the wildlife here. Quite a variety of birds enjoy using the dock as a platform for their meetings. This morning there were about 50 birds, mostly laughing gulls and royal terns displaying that pecking order that Lyn captured on the beach as we made our way here. The terns enjoy the dock's edge, a waterfront view, while the gulls take their positons behind the terns. A brown pelican also joined the flock for a while. He seemed to be giving us an evil stare, and stood wherever he wanted to.
We'll post an update after we get moving again.
I was a bit worried when you only wrote about air conditioning. Here in Maine we only worry about a source of HEAT, wish you had one. A cheap electric quartz heater would do wonders to drive out the dampness, the $15 dollar ones put out the same heat as the $350 ones, limited by the typical circuit. With your generator you could toast up. We have some quartz radiant heaters that only use 400 watts on low and are like having a fire warming your feet.
ReplyDeleteThe sun will be quiet for the next while, and the mid and eastern US will remain unusually cold. When there is some heat down south the boundary between cold and warm will tend to have severe weather, so keep a close eye on the forecasts.
The snowstorm moving through the Midwest toward the mid Atlantic is trailing a line of very severe looking thunderstorms through the panhandle of FL right now (8 AM). The line is headed east and should reach you around lunch time.
ReplyDeleteWe see the line of storms and are staying in port another day. In fact the thunder is booming all around as I write this at 10am. Regarding heat, our air conditioner has a heat pump setting (it is actually automatic in sensing whether we need heat or cooling). The heat works well to about 25 degrees F, and we rarely encounter that in FL / GA area, even in dead of winter. So far, the coldest temps we have seen on the water are around 40 degrees, and that is quite unseasonably cold. Thanks for your concern, but don't worry, we're keeping warm.
ReplyDeleteGood, I'm glad you are hunkering down for this inhospitable weather. Thanks for the nice updates and pix. Keep hunkering. XO Lee G
ReplyDeleteAunt Lyn and Uncle Pete, We are loving your blog. Josiah is thrilled you are entering coordinates and he is following your trip on Google Earth! I have seized upon their interest and ordered a teacher kit from the library with books including sailing, boats, orienteering and anything else they can pull up for me related to sailing! Your blog will be part of our little theme unit! If you have any suggestions on books or resources, we would love it. (don't forget we are complete beginners) Looking forward to each entry on this blog!
ReplyDeleteWe don't use celestial navigation any longer now that we have GPS, but given Josiah's interest in long/lat coordinates, it might be interesting to see what you can find on the subject that he might enjoy. In the old days, that was the only way to know where you were, and finding longitude was the most difficult problem to solve. It eventually depended on finding an accurate timepiece. Latitude was relatively easy, because the maximum altitude of the sun could be accurately measured and predicted. You might look at the book "Magellan's Clock" to see if it is an appropriate level for Josiah.
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