Day 10, Wednesday, September 21
0100-Mouse onboard! I set up two traps baited with peanut butter and he apparently didn't even sniff the stuff. He may be trap wise?
0620-Waves began to rock the boat through the night making noise on the rocks and making it difficult to sleep soundly. 63F/61F. Solar 54%.
0725-Preparing to depart this site, it is becoming untenable and will only get worse, given the wind direction (SSW). Will have to study and do breakfast later. It is cloudy and spitting rain again. What else should I expect!
0815-Departed the site on this very dreary morning but at least no rain while I retrieved the kayak, put down the solar panels, and retrieved the lines.
It has been spitting rain and mist all morning. I checked my original planned site but decided it was too exposed to the NW winds and waves that I expect will arrive tonight, so I moved on.
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| Planned Destination Was A No Go! (Click To Enlarge) |
0930-Arrived at the alternate site. Leg 6 was 6.5 miles with the diversion. Fortunately it stopped raining, so I didn't have to bundle up in rain gear which always works up a sweat with the tying up activity.
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| Leg 6, Day 8, 6.5 Miles (Click To Enlarge) |
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| Jeff's Map - Showing Area Features (Click To Enlarge) |
Secured the boat, but it is still misting off and on, so I holed up inside the boat and finally had breakfast of granola, peanut butter and toast.
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| Tie Up Arrangement-Gang Plank Deployed (Click To Enlarge) |
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| Leg 6 Destination Detail (Click To Enlarge) |
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| New Site - Typical Weather! (Click To Enlarge) |
I will now finish my usual morning study that got interrupted by the wave action. The current spot seems okay. It is sheltered from the SSW wind and should also be protected for the NW wind to come later. Forecast says sun this afternoon, but it certainly doesn't look like it right now!
1045-Finished my Bible study. The verse of the day is "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right and steadfast spirit within me." Ps 51:10. It is hard being steadfast in trusting him for good weather right now!
1130-Finished my book by David Jeremiah "The Coming Economic Armageddon" and will start "Designed to the Core" by Hugh Ross.
1315-Read out of the Grey Owl Collected Works, then washed dishes, and put the panel braces up on the roof in preparation for angling the panels to the west, if cloud cover reduces some.
1400-Made some hot chocolate and added some Bailey's. Really tasted great!
Finally put up the panels facing west. We were supposed to have sun by now!
1500-Started preparing for dinner. Sun did finally come out so I quick went up and wiped down the panels to maximize gain.
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| Unfortunately Trees Already Shaded The Panels! (Click To Enlarge) |
Had steak tenderloin for dinner, with mashed potatoes, salad, roll, and a glass of red wine. Dessert was the usual ice cream with Bailey's over the top.
1645-I did some video ashore and now debating whether to mess with a fire, and as I write, it is once again raining! Will it ever end?
Had to close up the windows and doors because it began pouring down, accompanied by thunder. I had maybe 45 minutes of sun. Stop! Stop! Stop!
1745-I am quite discouraged with this trip. The persistent cloudy and rainy conditions makes it difficult to kayak/hike, which I had hoped to do a lot of. The forecast for the next four days is for cloudy or rainy conditions, except for Friday. I will have to use more of the backup battery just to get to Friday!
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| Cloudy Rainy Weather Just Does Not Let Up! (Click To Enlarge) |
1800-Solar down to 35%. 70F/65F. Not sure what to do tomorrow. Winds will be quite brisk out of the NNW up to 17 or 18 mph. Only one spot looks good and that's in Bleue Baie, a place called Makinak Point.
1940-Read out of Grey Owl and had a glass of Bailey's. Getting dark so I will hit the sack. 66F/58F. Solar 32%.
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