Day 15 - Monday, 3 December

It was a mild but blustery day with strong winds...25-35 knots...from the Southwest...right on our nose of course! Graham Creek was the best of the worst choices for an anchorage at the end of our cruising day today. All anchorages in range were unprotected on all sides except for Graham Creek which offered only a higher bank on the W/SW side between us and the wind. Since the choices were all less than appealing, we decided to motor into the creek to check things out. When we turned left at the red "64", we found what looked like shallow water, but as we moved into the creek, the water was 10 feet deep almost to the banks and the W/SW bank did indeed offer enough protection from the wind.

So we lowered 60 feet of chain, snubbed it in 9 feet of water and backed down to set the anchor. Since it was mid-afternoon, we decided to defrost the refrigerator. We turned on the generator to power Joe's heat gun and pulled everything out of the freezer to melt the accumulation of ice on the holding plates. When the job was done a couple of hours later, we repacked our frozen foods, turned on the refrigerator and watched as the temperature dropped to its operating range.

There was still enough time left over to sit in the cockpit and watch the sunset after another day on the water. By evening, the wind had gotten lighter...or maybe it was because we were protected in the anchorage. Unfortunately, the balmy weather of the past couple of days will turn colder as a couple of weather fronts move into the area for the next few days. However, we shouild be at our destination early on Wednesday at Dataw Island Marina...next to friends Frank and Debbie Ylinen who live on their Endeavor 43, Wander.

Bad Day Version 2