Fogged In!

"Holy collection of liquid droplets, Batman!"

For the past week Whidbey Island has been chalked in with fog. I'm talking beyond pea soup, this has been brick wall fog. All day. All night. This being our first Autumn here we aren't sure if this is normal weather for this time of year or not, but we do not like it. The fog rolled in and set up house around this tiny island and it has been brutal for driving and very dreary to look at.

There's the marina, can't you see it?

There it is.

Well, these days may have been hazy but certainly not lazy. We have been waiting for a good day to go sailing with Marks parents before they return home to Nova Scotia next week, but the fog has made that impossible so we have managed to get a lot of work done on the boat. All the AC wiring has been done on the boat now, so we have outlets to plug in all our tools now.

Mark has been working away at bolting three massive solar panels on top of the Bimini, still waiting for the batteries to come so they aren't completely set up but are on their way. We have sealed more hatches, I know you must be thinking, "how many hatches could there be left to seal?" Well we only have one left to do before everyone has been done.

Mark is building a new electrical panel to clean up this mess of wires.

Jim (Marks Dad) built the wall today between the v berth and the head...

And they are working on building the radar mount. We didn't want to spend over $1000 to buy the pole and mounting kit from Defender or west Marine so they are fabricating one themselves from some sheets of steel and a metal pole for only $150 from Home Depot. We'll see how it goes.

Monopoly after a hard days work, Penelope is very interested.

Here's hoping the fog will lift tomorrow so we can go sailing, the weather is calling for it, 10 knot winds and less than 1 foot seas.