Our Travels

The next couple of days the dark clouds took over and the winds exceeded 30 knots, which in turn roiled the sound. Amazingly, the passing squalls gifted us with rainbows to port and across the anchorage to starboard, both assuring us that we picked a good anchorage, and all will be well.

Sunday, the winds lessened and shifted to the north. Some of the smaller boats bailed and went to the other side of the sound in anticipation of the constant wind (now more like 15 knots) shifting to the east.

Finally today, after spending several days hunkered down on the west side of Rock Sound, dodging the passing cold front (blogging, reading, housekeeping…), we pulled up anchor and took a half circle ride over to the east side – 3.45 nautical miles, one hour, half circle instead of straight across in order to avoid the shallower water – 1.5 miles from where we started. We are now just where we planned, which puts us north of town, and boy are we looking forward to exploring Rock Sound (the town!). We’ve not stepped off the boat for five full days, our record to date. All’s well!