It's raining it's pouring

Winter is in full swing which means that the boat has felt extra small and stuffy during the storms. Everything on the boat gets closed up, the hatches have old blankets on them to dampen the sound of rain drops falling down from the spreaders and tink-tink-tinking on the hatches, anything left outside in the cockpit has the potential to become a flying object in wind gusts… it’s been exciting.

For a quick summary of the last few weeks: I got to travel to Denver for 4 days for work, the temperature ranged from about 10F when I arrived to 55F on the warmer afternoons. Being in a snowy city is fun for a few days just because it’s a different environment, but I have even more respect for people who tough it out day-to-day in cold and dreary climates. You’ll see in the photos, but the weekend before that trip we had the boat out on a mooring and were enjoying a warm January day. After the Denver trip, I was back home in Redondo for my old roommates surprise engagement party - always great to get a big group of friends back together and seeing their families as well. Also, there was a blood moon eclipse which I made attempts at photographing, and learning just how fast the moon is moving when zoomed in and trying to photograph it. Then we had a slow day at home, kept inside most of the day because of passing weather. Mia and I agreed we had to get fresh air so we walked over tot he Redondo harbor and had a couple drinks in the shelter of a brewery tasting room and a restaurant.