I woke to a near zero visibility... THICK FOG!! WOW! It was so cool to hear all the Harbor Seals grunting and splashing all around me, tug boats chugging past totally invisible in the fog and eagles screeching in the trees nearby.

I didn't sleep much last night due to the constant anchor-drag-alarm going off on the GPS. I would get up, look out the portholes and pop my head out the hatch to see if I was drifting away from the mooring buoy or just swinging... I would change the setting on the GPS so it wasn't so sensitive, but it would go off again and again... I would also hear a vessel chugging closer and closer to me... getting louder and louder thru my hull... I would jump up, grab the searchlight ready to wave him off, but all it turned out to be was a tug pushing or pulling a barge a good 1/4 mile away!!! It's amazing how far and how LOUD other boat's propeller noise travels!!! A bit nerve racking!!!

I finally broke down and had to use the port-a-john... It's one system I have totally put off and now I was FORCED to read the directions and USE IT... :)- uck! Note to self: don't eat lots and lots of fiber prior to cruising! I bought some conditioner for the crapper and just poured it into the bowl hole THEN I read the instructions... CAUTIONG: DO NOT POUR INTO BOWL HOLE... oh great!!! I wonder why (I'll fill you in on the next log)



I ended up rowing around the island and taking photos of the Pacific Harbor Seals that were hanging out on the rocky beach. (actually I was looking for a place to make a nature call in the woods) There must have been at least 100 seals on the beach that decided to make a mad dash for the water as I got close. What a rush!!! Once in the water, they just kept popping up around me, snorting and splashing!!! Way Cool!

I also made time to get the heater working! It got down right chilly lastnight!!! It took me about an hour to run wires and test the system but it sure was a nice change to have hot air pumping into the boat. I was very leery of the heater... it made alot of noise and pulled 22 amps to get going, then it dropped down to 2 amps.

This anchorage is in a VERY VERY TURBULENT area!!! As the tide flows and ebbs, the current really gets flowing thru here with alot of eddies and whirlpools! I had to rig a couple D-rings to the bowsprit and the mooring lines to keep the lines from chaffing on the lower bowsprit cable (I forgot it's official name)



It was so relaxing to sit in the cockpit and have lunch with the seals and eagles all around the boat. You can see the new fishing pole on the stern of the boat... I would cast every once in awhile, with no luck...

Cheers from the fog!