Wednesday Feb 5
Today was a true down day. It was again a bit cooler and windier than the day before. We did "house" chores and I painted while Bruce read.
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Thursday Feb 6
We woke to some strong winds and a bit of rocking and rolling. No real rain here yet but the the second line will get us tonight. We had a beautiful sunrise!
In the mean while, this storm is barreling across the country. Charlotte got hit with a couple of tornados and Caitlyn was driving right in the area of the F1. Her car was wind pushed onto the other lane. She was close to where she works so she ran in there for shelter. It was quite a scary event for her. With that knowledge, we were a bit anxious on what was to come but the day was pretty quiet here with some gusty winds and a bit of rain off and on until the evening.
Just a dreary day here ...
The line of storms hit this area as well as the Charleston area about 9:30- 10:00 PM with a 65 mph in the Brunswick area going NE. Yep, right where we are but I think it was moving so fast that the worst of it ran south of us. The rain and winds were pretty strong, we didn’t go outside to clock it and the rain stopped about 1AM. We stopped watching the radar and anchor alarm about 11:30 and got ready for bed. The morning gusty winds woke us before 7 to check the anchor alarm and we had either moved about 20’ or the chain was really stretched out! News said we were having 45 mph winds then and for most of the day. We suspect that the anchor is very well buried by now.
This is our anchor alarm. The little black dotted lines inside the green circle is how we have traveled around the anchor the last couple of days. (Zoom in if possible to see the tracks more clearly.) The upper left corner is the time during the storm last night.
Today, I painted and we are planning our early morning departure from this joint. We are getting conflicting reports on winds and offshore waves for tomorrow so we have a plan A and B but will be on the move again.
February 7, February Morning
Toogoodoo 365 Series
I have been working on a commission and at the rate it is going I will be hand delivering it to Florida! Today, I brought it back out to work on the water refelections. Still a work in progress. I'm thinking, am I done?
Nope...
A sunset again, though brisk and blustery feeling out there! It is much nicer inside Summer Breeze where it is warm.
Back on the ICW highway tomorrow as we travel either through Georgia or offshore as much as possible.
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