Is it just me or is this the windiest winter in all of history?  Probably not…Maybe I’m now noticing because my home is floating and fastened to solidness by 4 ropes. Or “lines” - pardon me.

Anyways last night a short storm rolled through, pelted loud sideways rain and gusty winds that sent the entire marina into an all-evening earth quake. No problem, though, because this morning I stepped out at 5:45 to a calm, chilly, dawn. Back to sunny perfectly-weathered days, phew. Stepping out of a boat in the ocean and seeing fresh snow covered mountains in the distance is pretty unique.

Also, got a $125 brand new shore-power cord for $71 because it was on sale and I used up the last bit of my Christmas West Marine gift card. One step closer to a safer and better boat!