Sometimes I do my best thinking at night or in the early morning. Today I awakened @ 5:00 to hear the wind howling even though we were in "the best protected anchorage along the coast" as the guide book says. I thought back to entering the anchorage, coming down the W side of Isla Linton with a 30 kt wind broadside and blinding rain. Yes, there were rocks and reef to leeward, but the channel was deep and fairly wide and I had a GPS plot from our previous visit to follow. Then I thought about Bahia Escribano. Never been there before but have a couple of way points from the guide book. Wind will be broadside again, but this time it is a shallow and narrow channel with a very dangerous lee shore. And if you take 4.5' and add a 2-3 foot chop, the bottoms of the chop turn out to be...... Maybe that would be an anchorage better saved for totally calm weather, not today. Maybe today we should just stay put snug in our harbor and let the wind blow. So we did. I let Deb sleep until she woke up on her own about 9:30 and then made her breakfast. After breakfast, I swabbed the decks to clean the entire boat, except the deck under the kayak, since I didn't feel like moving that. The boat sparkles now. It feels good. The wind came and went. Rarely under 10 kts, rarely over 20, usually 10-13. Rain came in short bursts and then the sun came out again. The solar panels are cranking out 30+ amps and the wind generator is adding another 3-4, more in gusts. Deb took a nap and I lounged in the hammock and read another Clive Cussler novel (how many did that guy write?!). Right now I am running the port engine to heat water so Deb can wash her hair with hot water (and also running the engine driven refrigerator compressor since the engine is running.) After showers, we will have champagne and Valentines presents then a nice dinner of lasagna, caesar salad and garlic bread. Who says cruising has to be roughing it? Tomorrow we will get up early and make the 45 nm run to Porvinir. Hope your Valentine's Day was as good as ours.