Blowing stink +

Kerm here,
It's blowing about 25 with gusts to 35mph.  The tide is super high as the wind is pushing water from the gulf into the inlets.  Right now it's about a foot higher than normal high even tho the tide should be about a foot lower than normal high.  High tide was about 45 minutes ago and should be falling but it's still going up.  Between a 180 degree wind shift and higher than normal tides the lines need to be adjusted but some are just too tight to mess with.  I did add one line at 4 am this morning to replace one that was too tight to reposition.  If there is one constant with cruising,  you never stop learning as mother nature keeps on slamming variables at you. 

Chris is sleeping in this morning as she sat up last night watching the thunderstorms roll in and worried that the boat would bang into the boat next door.  There were also tornado warnings but I don't know what we would do if one came.  Hold on dear we're going for a ride.  The noise and movement of the boat would scare the heck out of anyone who has not been through something like this before.  Doors and windows rattling, window covers and lee cloths flapping, bumpers rubbing on pilings and the wind whistling through the rigging.  Reminds me of the straight line winds in Canada a couple of years ago when our bimini was torn off.  The storm came out of the blue and made a mess out of the town of Hastings where we were tied up.  One boat near us lost his complete flybridge.

Thanksgiving will be a bit quiet around here with Dan up in MI.  Chris bought some turkey.  Just a part of a turkey.  Our oven is big enough for a chicken but for a whole turkey,  not a chance.  Two years ago when we were in Pasadena, Fl for Christmas Chris bought a turkey for our Christmas dinner with Dan on the boat but didn't figure in the size of the boat oven.  Chris didn't notice until the turkey was prepped and the oven door was opened.  Oops.  The problem was solved by cutting said turkey into parts but Dan and I had a field day giving her the raz.

For those wondering about son Dan.  He is still waiting in line for flight simulator time to finish up his training.  The training is for jet powered airplanes as he was only certified for turbo props.   His base will be Cleveland when the training is complete.  He has lived in so many places over the last few years he is looking forward to putting down roots just about anywhere.