We've just arrived at the shelter on Boca Chica. Two nice rooms off of a little kitchenette common area are shared by 2 couples. I've noticed they've been keeping all the marina folk together and all the land-based people from Sigsbee together.

It felt great to get a shower here and clean clothes too! We worked so hard getting the boat ready, here's the before picture...



...and the after!



We had to help our neighbor move out of her slip into a single so we both could center up. The bimini was stripped off, most things below decks were secured and then we taped up all possible seams that might have the potential to leak in a driving rain. The dinghies were taken to the mangroves and tied off and slightly filled with water so they wouldn't flip in high winds.

All accomplished in incredible heat and/or dribbly rain over the past few days. We'll be hunkered down here for awhile, so far the winds haven't gone above 50 or 60 mph but the rain has been incredibly heavy!