We're still "hunkered down" ... It's very Windy, and cool outside!!!

. things were very WINDY last night here... steady 30's, and gusts to well over 40 MPH....
Waves in Bay when wind clocked around to the SW made it "bouncy".... nothing the AB hasn't seen before.
Except for two awake periods last night to make sure everyone, including AB was in the right places... we slept through the storms.

I had created a "dam" around the water fill port, on the port side of the AB yesterday, so when the rain started we collected
between 30 and 40 gallons of fresh rain water.... NICE!!

In the morning, yesterday, I had scrubbed and washed the entire deck, so that we'd be collecting "cleaner" rain water... and no anchor debris leftovers.... :(
;)
So... now we're vegging... hot showers, (as soon as I warm the water more)... dishes from last nights spaghetti dinner, etc.
Waves and winds are supposed to calm down this PM..... So... perhaps another shore trip later.

Checking navigation, winds, etc. later... I think tomorrow Avalon and AB will sail to Norfolk... WED at the latest.
The Alligator River swing bridge starts it's long maintenance shut down period on Nov. 6th (thru the 17th).... open only on Sundays, and before 7AM, and after 7 PM weekdays, and SAT.
SO............. it behooves us to move South quickly....
OR fight those weird opening schedules.

PIC is of Pete's Sister Donna and husband Chris; great hosts in Annapolis, MD (when we were there)...
:)