4/13/16          Wednesday              Morehead City, NC



Big day today in port in Morehead where we are waiting out the high winds that will likely continue through the weekend. So glad we didn't arrive in Mile Hammock a day later. Stuck there awaiting wind decline would be really trying.

So my big day - I had breakfast on board from around 11 - 12:30; visited with next-boat neighbors who are from Belgrade, ME and are on their first cruise; a little rail scraping, laundry at the other marina, filed my fingernails (for the first time in several weeks), cooked dinner after visiting Belgrade neighbors on their boat.

Lots of conversation with David about next week, next month, next year and tomorrow. Nothing like planning, or at least trying to envision, our futures. As a former colleague said "We're all going to get a future (if we're lucky) to what is your preferred future?" Mine is to not be in Maine in the deep winter, to not be away from Maine home, as long as it is my home, for a whole 8 months which is fine this year but is getting to be a bit long and I miss family/friends/yard/neighbors/garden/neighborhood familiarity and EARTH. One of many thoughts I have is to do some cruising/exploring the Maine coast this summer; 2 week trips or take the boat somewhere and leave it, then come back to it in another week. Sail to Penobscot Bay, for example, park Grace and come home, then return in 2 weeks and continue a sailing adventure further up the Bay. It's an idea. We've never made it to Sullivan, Maine, where friend, David Cadigan, lives. I'd love to visit him by sea. Then there IS Nova Scotia where our new friends live. Sigh. time will reveal all.

Chilly in Morehead tonight and the wind whistles and singing through the rigging. Kitty is stirring after her day of mostly sleeping. She did wander out onto the deck a couple of times this afternoon. She seems to be feeling better. A relief.