Diego has arrived!

Wow, what a luxury! No dealing with the "time nor tide" thing today; slept late, cooked a real breakfast; you know, Chuckie, scrambled eggs, bacon, toasted Asiago cheese muffins, etc. Hot Scooter coffee, and cold Guernsey milk. What a deal, eh. The weather in the am wasn't really too bad; chilly, but not horribly so, breezy and raining a bit. Forecasts for this part of NC had 20 mph winds with an occasional gusts running a bit higher. We elected to stay on the boat; read, relax, putter, etc. And so we did just exactly that. About the time that we decided to grill some boat potatoes and burgers, things did an about face. Suddenly we were watching rain go by horizontally, the wind was whistling, & roaring as it whipped around the boat. The skillful, now brave, captain ventured into the cockpit to ascertain the situation. We may have to add another descriptive phrase here, Chuckie. No sane, smart person goes outside in this stuff. It was physically difficult to stand up against that wind. Some canvas was working loose. Wising up a bit the Captain secured what could be reached from the cockpit deck and retreated; soaking wet & cold. Boat is pitching, waves are slamming into the hull;all this, and we're tied into a slip.

So, Diego will pass on in the next few hours, days, etc. Plan is to leave Scooter here and head for home until the first week in January, then back here and press on to the South. Tomorrow, some maintenance, provisioning, some logistics, etc. That is if the weather lets us get off the boat or to the fuel dock; maybe a bit iffy. Anyway, y'all stay warm, be safe. Catch you on the flip side