Two More Days of Rain

June 26th and 27th (Friday and Saturday)

Two more days of rain, meant two more days of boat projects and relaxing.  
On Friday it poured rain pretty much all day, and we looked forward to the forecasted better weather for the rest of the week.  
On Saturday morning we woke up to the alarm at 04:45, excited to head out with the ebbing tide.  However, when we checked the forecast we changed our minds.  Although it was forecasted to be mainly sunny, they were also forecasting Northwest winds of 20-35 knots, steady until at least Wednesday.  Although the anchorage that we were planning to go to on the outer coast is apparently well protected in Northwest winds, we would probably not have been able to go out and do much exploring.  Our kayaks get blown around in strong winds, and with sustained winds the swells would grow and fishing from Kiki would become less enjoyable, if even possible because of being pushed around by the wind.  
We were really looking forward to some good kayaking exploration on the outer coast and the timing was perfect with the coming low tides.  We were also excited about some outer coast fishing, so we were both quite disappointed when we decided not to go.  
We made plans to keep watching the forecast and if it changed we would still head out on Sunday, and if not then we would do lots of hiking and exploring, and maybe some camping, around here.  Either way we would have fun!
Since we were around for the day, I got my hair cut.  One of our good friends here, Gladys, used to be a hairdresser and she made a house/boat call.  She cut my hair out on the dock, so we didn’t even have to clean up.  It was also perfect timing because she got it done in between heavy rain showers and the sun even made a courtesy appearance.  After that it was raining once again.  


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